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Does anybody trade with this firm? I found this older thread about them: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=72388 They sound like a good firm but I was wondering if anybody has more recent experience with them.

Thanks for the list, most of them seem to be the kind that just give you leverage on a deposit but I'll go through all of them.

I was reading some other threads in this forum about real prop firms, which give you capital to trade and take around half your profits. How can I find these firms? The only prop firms I've found so far are the kind that take your deposit and let you trade it with huge leverage. Also, how...

Haha, nice job getting in at the top of the pyramid.

This is the only situation in which I average down. Why do you think this method is unwise? Do you prefer to just wait for a better setup to enter with a full position size?

If this works well enough, won't you have to start worrying about getting faded as you fade?

lol, I don't get why any trader would be pissed at this study. "This study shows that 70% of the public traders will not only lose, but will almost certainly lose everything they invest." Shouldn't anyone who's trading be familiar with the rule of thumb that 90% of daytraders fail? Why is...

It seems like this article just reinforces the point that a statistical edge is not enough to guarantee success, and must be used with proper money management. The author says "if the trader plays the game indefinitely, betting 25% of initial capital on each trade, the probability of ruin...

Why do you still work when you have the ability to trade successfully? Do you just like your job a lot? This isn't an attack by the way, I've been following this thread for a while as a lurker and it's been really useful so far. It's rare for a successful trader to share so much information...