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I've traded the basis from time to time in the past, but I've never heard of ICAP. What is it?

momento, I actually did trade the emini S&P for a year and a half and agree that they were a great trade. However things seem to be changing. The book is getting extremely thick and the big institutions seems to be trading it more. Is that a good or bad thing? Who knows. Depends on our...

The firm I'm looking at starts you out trading up to 1000 shares at a time. I think that when they are comfortable with you they will let you trade a little bigger at times. They mainly lean on big size in the NYSE specialist book. So the risk is minimal but the gains are small too. I am not...

Does anyone make a living trading stocks anymore? I'm not being a smartass. It's just that most of the people I knew that trade stocks, no longer do. I've been trading options and futures for the past three years and have the opportunity to trade NYSE stocks. Is this a dead market for...

30/70 is a pretty weak split

Could some experienced traders give me some advice? I am trying to decide wether to continue trading or throw in the towel. I've been trading for 3 years both as a market maker in an option pit and as a scalper in a proprietary futures trading firm. I recently left the futures trading job...