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I don't think it really matters whether or not you mention what type of product you prefer to trade. They will pretty much let you trade anything you want at first and as long as you make money they could care less what you trade. They let you trade all the different products during training...

I interviewed with these guys about 9 months or so ago in the NYC office and at the time there was only one guy there but he was trading pretty big (mainly spreading between the cash and futures in the Treasury market). Bob, I think is his name, who was running the office told me that a bunch...

I think the fact that Refco even has its own analysts is saying more than some other prop firms that I know of that don't have in house analysts and steal/borrow information from other outside sources. And I do have to give props to our sqwak guy who annouced the GM downgrades and the...

any opinions on what effect this FOMC minutes might have on the bonds?

In response to Kamikaze's comment about risk managers, I think as a newbie thinking about joining a training program in trading, one of the most important questions to ask is if the person that will be training you has been a successful trader doing exactly what you will be doing. The problem I...

Unfortunately, you won't find many comments about GH on Elitetrader, not because people don't post anything about them, but because GH has Elitetrader (not exactly sure how they do it, maybe a payout, threat of lawsuit?) delete any negative comments about the firm. Obviously they wouldn't...

50K, wow, my class only got offered 35k. And despite my past negative comments about GH, which I still hold onto, the one definete positive was the fact that it did offer a salary, which is pretty huge especially as a new trader. Much better than putting 5k down somewhere else and blowing that...

Obviously Boblman works for GH .. for all we know it could be Chris Hehmeyer or Ralph Goldenberg using an alias :D

so it looks like people from GH surf the elite trader boards, you think they have better things to do, say like run a business ... where there is smoke, their is ...

unless things have changed I think the rumor about GH moving away from salary is true at least according to the GM in Chicago

If those numbers are true about the new contract they are offering then ... wow ... that has got to be the worst deal on the street, I guess GH's new business model is to make money off desk fees

I would like to reply but I fear the threat of lawsuits from GH

I must also state that the comments I made before are solely my opinions and in no way should be construed as concrete facts. GH is notorious for pursuing former traders with lawsuits. And I don't know if its just me being overly suspicious but there used to be a lot of posts about GH...

I used to work at GH in NY and still have a couple of friends who still work there. I heard that GH is doing away with the salary and moving more towards a straight 60/40 split with no salary, wondering what they are offering you? As for the interview, I assume you will probably be...

I never traded equities before so I couldn't really give a completely educated reason of why futures vs. equities. But from the trend that I've seen, it seems that trading equities are becoming a lot tougher (elimination of bullets, etc. - you can short just as easily as buy with futures). I...

I've heard Zone Trading mentioned a lot and I've checked them out but they do not offer any type of futures trading, only equities.

Just wondering if there are any prop futures firms in austin, houston, or dallas, tx. thanks.

I think when you are saying "6% is an average interest rate", you're referring to the Fed Funds rate - which would be somewhat correct (5.5-6% is about correct)...this is INcorrect as a reference to mortgage rates - at a 6% Fed Funds rate, your 30 yr. fixed would be in the 8.5% or so. Where do...

I have experience trading the 5yr & 10 yr note but have absolutely no idea about trading the Eurodollar. What exactly is it? How does the volatility & volume compare to the 10yr. Does it lag the 10yr? How do you use it to spread (i.e. what do you spread against it?). what are some strategies...

Is there an easier way to fill out the schedule D for currency trading or do I have to fill out each buy/sell transaction that I made? thanks