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    Tell about your education

    net monthly comes to 7K less 2K mortgage\maint\tax (this isn't typical as i have a small mortgage) and 2K food\travel\going out leaves about 3K to save.... but i save all my annual bonus, so in all, keep about 150K. hours - 8 to 6.
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    Tell about your education

    i wasn't asking for myself smartass.
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    Tell about your education

    i'm at GS.... to give you some background info, i have a BS degree but it isn't from an Ivy league school. joined my first Wall St. firm in '95 and my year on year salary progression since has been (rounded to the nearest 10K). 1995 50K 1996 125K 1997 180K 1998 200K 1999 250K 2000 300K...
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    Tell about your education

    It's easy to knock the benefits of a decent education if you weren't able to get one for whatever reason. Fact remains though that the average Ivy league grad probably makes 4-5 times what the average guy makes, and anyone making a few hundred K a year isn't likely to bother with daytrading...
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    Anybody making any real $$$???

    doesn't prove anything.... given a large enough sample size, it is a mathematical fact that a monkey could type the text to the holy bible just by randomly hitting keys on a typewriter.
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    any prop firms hiring?

    OK.... let me present a brief guide to "Donish". "part of the GS family".... translated.... "I'm a customer of SLK" "legally prohibited from posting traders P&L".... translated.... "my traders are losing money" "we're here to help traders achieve their dreams".... translated...
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    any prop firms hiring?

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    Compensation for traders at top firms?

    totally agree with everything you said.
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    Compensation for traders at top firms?

    don, my point is that you constantly expel the virtues of prop trading, yet that isn't really how you make your living, is it ? from your previous post, you seem to enjoy putting down the comp paid on wall st., yet refuse to give any numbers about your own traders fare. i'm sure the...
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    Compensation for traders at top firms?

    seems like there is a lot of resentment towards the wall st. establishment by people who, for whatever reason (education, intelligence, luck), can't break into it. its easy to say 150K, 300K, 500K is nothing special, not worth breaking a sweat for, but i'm sure that a) it is more than most of...
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    What's the best futures broker for eminis?

    anyone know what the minimum balance is to open a IB account to trade futures ? thanks
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