Recent content by marklucas

Thnaks Laissez - I find that I learn much better from watching something and seeing it done live on a screen, hence my interest. Funny you mention the Bain guy - I watched a bit of that too! Wasn't impressed.

I know this is going to make a lot of forum members laugh, but are there any good videos/DVDs/courses that people can recommend?

Which of the mini-primes requires the lowest minimum AUM to be taken on as a client?

have a look at vtrader pro...

Which country are you based in, is the fund based in, are the clients based in?

So if one is trading a number of accounts via a Friends and Family setup under Interactive Brokers, does that mean one has to be flat before bringing on another relative and trading on their behalf? For example, if I place a sell order to close a buy order that I opened prior to introducing the...

Can I ask for some clarification...? Both Bright and Topwater seem to be offering leverage - the difference as I understand it is that with Bright, one cannot say they have an AUM of $20M (to pave the way for further inflows), but with Topwater, one can, as it is in cash... Is that...

Please ignore my previous msg... Realised that I was asking a question that made no sense whatsoever... Sorry chaps.

So a managed account structure works differently to trading prop? I understand that at a prop if I put down $100k leveraged 10x to $1M, and I'm down to $950k - for the sake of building up a track-record, that's calculated as a 50% drawdown - not a 5% drawdown. Whereas using a managed account...

have heard only good things about Vtrader - in SF too...

Thanks to all those that replied. I'm not looking to start a prop. was simply wondering if there were any stats recruiters/headhunters look for when screening traders for clients. In regards to previous performance, which numbers/ratios (sharpe etc) would they be interested in?

Or put another way, if you were looking for traders to trade for you, what would you want to see during the screening process?

If you were recruiting senior traders for your desk/firm/fund, what would you want to see in regards to background, evidence, stats? How would you go about separating the wheat from the chaff?