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    los angeles trading firms

    Schonfeld Securities has an office in Los Angeles and I believe that Echotrade has an office in Los Angeles as well. Echo also has one of their main offices in Phoenix. Actually Robert Tharp trades out of there and is one of the co-managers. You may want to contact him or Rob Keller...
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    Starting a Hedge Fund

    Don, I appreciate your response and I actually agree with you for the most part as I stated in my last post. ****Please trust that I am not at all directing this "rant" to you personally, and that there may be a reason to start a hedge fund that I have not heard yet (I doubt it)....and...
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    Starting a Hedge Fund

    Don, Thanks for the response. I see on your website that there is a 1% per month charge on naked positions above 2X equity. I take it this is above and beyond the regular margin costs? I agree with you that sometimes a trader will be better off trading with Bright, Echo, Worldco, ect. I...
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    Starting a Hedge Fund

    Hi Don, Could you tell us what type of flexibilty a trader has in holding overnight positions with your firm? Can you hold positions for 1 week, 1 month, or longer? What type of leverage would trader get in this case, 2x, 4x, 10x leverage? What are the costs involved? Margin rates...
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    Starting a Hedge Fund

    Hello KTM, Actually Brandon brings up a good point. I believe he was referring to the fact that as a Hedge Fund manager you will typically receive 1% of the assets and 20% of the net profits as your combined annual incentive fee vs a prop firm which would payout 50% to 95% of your net...
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    The Art of Money Management

    Topguntrader, I don't think you're nuts at all. It's interesting how you tied Money Management to trading and life. I have actually been thinking about that correlation a lot myself lately. I agree that a great trading strategy with poor Risk Management and Position Sizing will eventually...
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    My History on Elite Trader for those who care ...

    Tony, I would like to thank you for your contributions to this board and to the trading industry as a whole. I have enjoyed your books and live presentations. I'm glad to hear that you have decided to stay on this board. I look forward to your future posts! As a side note, I have been an...
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