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It's just as hard in Europe and in Asia. I'm by no means an expert on this, I'm sure there is a ton of info on the web from a foreigner's perspective about how to try to finagle your way into the US or Europe. You could try the Bahamas or the BVI. There are some hedge funds down there and...

H1B visas are a hotly debated issue in this country. We have unemployment lines stretching 10 blocks long. So letting foreigners come in to take American jobs is not kosher. If you go to the website you can see the that the best way to get these visa's is to apply for a job that is in...

You would need to get a student visa to come here and study but the problem with that, even if you get it, is that you have to leave once you are finished with school. Do a google search under H1B Visa and you will the "type" of worker who gets sponsored. Hint: it's not traders. If you...

Sorry, I've been a little busy lately. I'll try to keep this simple. No, US trading firms will not hire you. You need an H1-B Visa and they will NOT, I repeat NOT, sponsor you for it. That pretty much makes the rest of the conversation moot. But let's say you were an American citizen and...

Good job Robert. You are on the right track.

I would venture a guess that 98% of ET would not pass the math tests to even get interviewed at those firms

Do you have a regular job? What is your background?

Nemisis, it's your job to FIND out what these firms do. It's like a pre-interview if you will. If you are not resourceful enough to accomplish a simple task of finding out what a particular firm's specialty is, how the hell are you going to be creative enough to locate some unique trading...

Actually there is a ton of stuff setting up on the number lines. Market is getting very busy here. There is a LOT going on here.

Some basic advice here. And a lot of guys on ET make this mistake. But the first question you need to ask yourself here is "what EXACTLY do I want to do". Be extremely specific. FNYS and Consolidated have absolutely nothing in common and one that work at FNYS would never work at...

The question is not whether you can but whether you want to. Some of the short rates in these 3X etf's are 100% a year!!!!!!!!

I think you struck a nerve. :)

So what are you looking for? Be specific. Don't say an opportunity.

You are in India or the US right now?

Look, I'll throw you a bone. I've gotten guys on ET really good jobs at some of the best firms in NY and Chicago but if you are going to be evasive, which is fine, then I'll pass. Quid pro quo

Where are you trading now?

I thought you got a job at a prop firm? You want to leave already?

You are responding to the wrong person. My post has to deal with the fact that whether you trade one contract or 500, it's ALL YOUR money. They are "letting" you lose your own capital. Therefore the idea they "let" you scale up is a moot pt.

Joe, the prop equity is a bad example because in the securities world even a PDT account only gets 4 to 1 intra-day leverage, that means a retail trader has to put up 25% of notional. In futures, in a retail account in some cases you only have to put up 1% of notional. There is ALREADY...

OK, let's try this one more time regarding scaling up. However much money you make, your so called "size" is determined by your "equity" just like at Amp Futures. So if you trade "size" in a live account and you lose 50k, that 50k is actually YOURS!!!!!! This is the easiest part of the...