Recent content by CrazesSOB

Hi, I have another thread going in an effort to try to get to the bottom of this industry (I only started looking into day trading only last Thursday). The question I have is what makes a prop trading firm a scam? The ones that accept a deposit and simply provide leverage seem to be all...

I love it! I'd laugh if these immigrants called their firm "C4 Capital" , you know, like the explosive. Explosives "blow up" all the time if one does not handle them correctly. Regards, The CrazedSOB

Hi, A little off-topic but I’ll give you my answer (similar to the other poster’s answer). Flow. They make money off the flow of money that passes through their firm and they do it in many different ways. 1. Lending collateralized money (especially on margin accounts) is #1. If a...

Thanks very much, lescor, sarah. Model One I can understand totally and the same for Sarah’s refinement. Model Two seems to make sense also, especially if they engineer the stops on the unsuccessful traders to prevent their losses from eroding the gain earned from successful traders...

Hi, I am a retired mutual fund manager that is looking for a flexible job to keep busy. It has been over 5 years since I left and I truly miss the market now. I really want to trade my own account, but can't since my wife has a senior job with a WallStreet firm and they heavily restrict...