Recent content by pongu

Hi, I am an experienced trader with a track record looking to trade with a cboe/cbsx firm to avoid having to retake my licenses. My experience includes trading on the prop commodities desk with Barclays and equities back in the day with ETG. I am located in Texas but would like a firm that...

Hi everyone, It's been a long time since I posted something here last. I'm not experienced in dealing with these new non registered LLC prop shops. They all seem to be very vague in what they can and can't do. Thus, I'm seeking help from the community for a friend who got into a bind with a...

Hi everyone, It's been a long time since I posted something here last. I'm not experienced in dealing with these new non registered LLC prop shops. They all seem to be very vague in what they can and can't do. Thus, I'm seeking help from the community for a friend who got into a bind with a...

Hi, I'm not sure and each individual's situation is always different... but I asked myself the same question right out of college... I think it might be helpful if you read my posting on the Paid to Trade thread about my experiences... I don't have specific advice but hearing about how I...

Thank you As far as power trading your own account goes, I believe it is quite difficult in the hourly market which is where my experience is... for a few reasons... of course, there is day-ahead and term deals which I have very little knowledge of (only been in the industry 9 mo's) 1)...

thank you for the positive words malaka... unfortunately, my story is not that great.... I wished I had figured this right out of college but it took me almost 5 years to come to my senses... I was one of those late 90's bubble traders... trading between classes and making almost as much...

I understand your situation completely. I was in a similar situation not too long ago. My remedy was to find a job which allows me to trade for the majority of the month and get paid a good salary and provides excellent benefits. I searched long and hard... didn't want to settle just so I...