Recent content by endian

Book'em, Danno. (sorry, couldn't resist)

why don't you get yourself a junior to trade this account for you? you'll probably get the blow-out you desire, and if not you'll have your own new trader who can do the donkey work whilst you sip pina colada on your yacht.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_exchange_market

Good story, Yoohoo. I used to know the guy who got a client order for $1m of each DJIA constituent at the close, but put it down as a million shares per constituent...

Good advice, 50cent, thanks.

Agreed. Can Uncle Ben bear to keep his finger off the button? I think not.

Had no trouble getting back into the job market the last time I took a year off, but thanks for the heads-up. You don't know me.

Equiting trading would probably be through CFD, but that's usually pretty transparent these days. It certainly was when I was at **** *****. We definitely hedged the client's position in the market straight away. Oh yes. As for trying to tell me not to, what's up? You worried I'm going...

Thanks for the replies Squadron Leader and momoneythansens. I was thinking of trading futures, but I've read on ET that that's probably a good way to get my arse handed to me. Does that include index futures? So probably equities is the starting point, although it would be nice to have...

Hi all First post I think, but I've been "lurking" for some time. I've been working in London I banks for the last 7 years, developing trading systems for equities desks. Mostly agency flow, which is why I've never pursued any kind of transfer across (even if one were available, which...