Recent content by Metamorphosis

Volumes are low and most places aren't hiring aggressively. Efinancialcareers is probably your best bet if you're an outsider.

This. This was a helpful post.

"A simple program" could arguably be achieved by creating a macro that would control mouse movements over your ladder/order entry screen and clicking the "flatten" button. This would probably be the easiest option if you know nothing about programming as I'm sure there are downloadable tools...

Volatility is key. Review some option theory.

Definitely, bro... except you're forgetting that running a business requires time in addition to money. See how well you can run multiple business simultaneously. If you half-ass everything, 20 out of 20 will fail. And you will have wasted years of your life. Nothing is guaranteed in life.

This is a pointless comparison. You can cherry pick whatever story you want to tell. What are the odds of founding a company like Amazon? What are the odds of being a successful doctor? An independent trader? A hedge fund manager? A principal at a prop firm? This is stupid.

Trading is a lot like dating. You read shitty message boards looking for the holy grail.

Talk to this guy and let me know what you think. Their main office is in Florida but a few months back they opened an office in Baltimore. FYI he's one of the senior traders last I heard. Rishi Dutta, Esq. Rishi@mtginvestments.com

Not quite but somehow you still don't get it, so go fuck yourself.

I don't think anyone cares or wants to read those PMs, so stop being so confrontational.

It offers a trader the opportunity to replicate the index with the benefit of avoiding transaction costs on all of the underlying firms' stocks, however owning a futures contract on the index does not offer dividends like the underlying. Therefore the index future has an added value (from...

Wow bro, you totally owned him. Can I get a list of your greatest hits?

Ladies and gentlemen, a true breakthrough in modern finance... Put this one in the history books.

What kind of spreads do they teach and what are the risks?

Don't listen to the noise. If you have a guaranteed job in S&T, that's already better than most people. That doesn't say too much about your success down the road but at the very least you have the door open to you. I would imagine that the traders there can teach you a thing or two.