Recent content by jojo45688

To those of you that feel you've got a good feel for the futures proprietary trading industry, my question is this... What percentage of shops/outfits/firms/groups "scalping" the deeper futures markets (or any futures markets) are strictly automated, or moving towards strictly automated...

I wanted to bump this thread because I found it very useful. Does anyone know of any other resources or papers that cover similar topics as the four papers posted by a previous poster? Specifically, I'm looking for info on the mechanics of how orders are matched up in futures markets. Any...

Just curious what kind of money prop traders today are taking home, NET. I think it'd be interesting to also hear how long youve been there, what kind of size youre trading with and if youre trading futures or equities... Thanks

While we're on the subject, maybe Don can shed some light on this too... How many of those who have come through the doors at Bright are college graduates? How many graduated from top 20 Universities, and how many have advanced degrees? Further, is there any correlation between...

This is nothing new. TraderDNA has been at this since its conception. I'm personally a huge believer in the significance of being conscious of one's psyche in trading and the importance of taking a psychological approach in analyzing one's own trading. Yes, I am using TraderDNA, and no I...

I'm using Trader DNA now. PM me when you get the chance...

I'm using TraderDNA. It's been pretty effective in showing me my strengths/weaknesses in regards to my trading. I recommend checking it out. It measures everything you do when you trade and then at the end of the day shows you in a report what happened, giving me detailed statistics about...

Its basically a beefed-up automated trading journal that gives you a daily assessment, or "report card" of exactly what happened in your trading day. Beyond the basics (# of long, short trades, avg. P/L per trade/contract, p/l per wins/losses) it gives you like 30 or so additional "scores"...

You hit the nail on the head when you said that if youre trading the right way it is quite boring. To me, success in trading equals consistency over a significant amount of time. I'm a huge believer in keeping a journal of some sort, or at the very least logging your trades (when you got in...

my book is from '97. I'm just worried about changes in the rules and regs.

I plan on taking the series 3 in a couple weeks. I have the Dearborn book (10th edition). My plan is to read all of the material carefully and then go through the practice exams. Anyone have any advice, suggestions on the best way to approach studying for this. Should I be focusing my...

I'm looking to get a series 3 cd with practice tests and questions on it. I know Dearborn put one out as welll as the two other co's that doe test prep material. Does anybody have this CD? Help me out guys....