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Ohhh newwurld.. you tease, you... I don't mind the idea, but I've already got my days taken up now with busy work and saving the world.. I abroad so my evenings are when the NYSE open, so I trade mostly during the night. Not sure if I really want to trade the Asian decision prop for...

Meh, newwurldmn, kiosks are over rated ;) Do you have any good suggestions? Here's some information I've come across: Managedfutures.com Barclays IASG Stark Autumngold Hedgefund.net Cogenthedge Tremont Hedgefund Research Alternative Asset Center

I'm looking for a base of portfolios to help manage. Where would I start?

My average has been 1-3% per week on aggressive tolerance accounts. Naturally with "diminishing returns to scale" on accounts over 25k I'm averaging around 0.7% per week. Daily work involves project in raw commodities, industry specific hedging, and brokering of international transactions.

My role as a money manager has been steadily growing and I'd like to expand my portfolio to bring more people in. AUM isn't an objective at present, this is something I do on the side and the goal is to have a "black book" of partners for whom I manage funds - so that in 5-7 years, if my...

Who is Hosea and what has he got to do with this thread?

Right, but to some extent the brokers themselves compensate for the limitations of MT4. For example with FXPro you can have a master account and manage the multiple subsidiary trading accounts under your umbrella. You have whats called a Vault where you can withdraw money from one account and...

Thanks donwnpruf. Do you think a small multinational business or emerging fund manager would use MT4? To simplify we could define the criteria as account size of between 250k - 500k and leverage requirements of up to 1:50 (possibly 1:20). Thanks for the tip for IG, do you know much...

Thanks Xandman, Trade_Canada. FXOne and New Edge both look interesting. Although still slightly more on the boutique side. Downpruf.. why would I want to speak to Mr. Askew - his reputation doesn't seem that polished. Notice that I didn't end the sentence with a question mark, Ill just...

Dear Elite Traders, After approximately an hour souring forms and discussion boards for an answer I'm astonished by the lack of clear, concise, and unbiased information. I can't be the only one curious as to which brokers are leading the pack at the pro/semi-inst level. And I'm not...