Recent content by millydog

You can name a minor as a benificiary, however no insurance company will release the funds to a minor. It will go to probate and a guardian will be appionted and thye court will determine the distribution of funds. Bad idea.

I used here that too. I always thought it was a large local but have no idea.

I can trade for sure. I have no problem showing the firm my brokerage statements. As for individual stocks, I never had too much luck with them. But I have great sucsess with the NQ and ES. I guess I could trade qqq and spy, although commisions would be much higher unlesss they offered me a...

I used J-Trader back in the day, and I think Turbo Trader 2 is the same thing and a pretty good platform. That is what I use now. I just find it difficult to change lot size qiuckly in fast moving markets. had the same problem with Nija tradrer as well. Nothing beats X-trader though, I...

sounds like a pretty good deal to me. When I traded prop I put down 5K and was paying $7/1000 with no desk space or data fees. Training was non existant like most prop shops, but I did learn from what few profitable traders were there. Just be carful they don't have some rule that ties up...

Does anyone know of any proprietary futures firms out there that may be able to accomadate what I am looking for. I am not looking for buying power, I have enough already in my retail account to blow myself out 10 times over. Basically I have been trading a small 20K account scalping NQ...

I am clearing with Global Futures. Despite mixed reviews here on ET I am very happy with them and feel no need to move unless I can get a better deal than 3.5 RT on avrerage vol of 1500-2000 cars per month. Any suggestions? I did the math and and IOM seat lease will work. I used to...

I am thinking about taking my trading to the next level. I have been throwing down some good numbers this past year trading the NQ and ES. I have a few friends and family that want to put up money and have me trade it for them. The IB Universal account won't work because unless I am a RIA...

Maybee get a job as a waiter or bartender. I bartended for 10 years as I traded part time during the day and went to school part time and got my B.S in Math. I used to make 800-1200/week bartending tax free and averaged about 500/week trading a small 25 k account. When I graduated I could...

I remeber a few years back there used to be a list of the top posters on ET. Anyone know what happened to it and who the leading posters on ET are.

Yes I was , I funded my 1st trading account 3 weeks after 911, and I don't think it was this bad.

Yeah, Like Dow 5K next stop.