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No, it doesn't. Monthly calculations are based on beginning of month equity, It can be easily adjusted for cash movement mid-month. You can also go back and adjust returns to include fees for a RIA or CTA. Any admin that works with new managers can do this with their systems. Anyone good with...

Equities/ equities/options or futures? What are your expectations? Managed or pooled accounts? Are your returns from a meaningful amount of AUM? Are they marketable risk adjusted returns after typical fees? Is your Bio interesting? Do you have the ability to raise money to get started? I...

Until the time comes that you wish to market yourself, that is all you need.

Keep all your monthly statements. Keep a record of all transactions in spreadsheet. With those, your returns can be verified and/or audited.

Honestly, I have found that with the small group of wealthy investors I have access to, getting an allaoction with out real trading is very hard. You would have to show that you have something very different like a unique data set. If you want, you can email me with details of what you have...

Track record real or backtesting? What size allocation are you looking for? Would you consider an investor or only a prop firm? Bob

Can you give an example? Apple goes out to June 2020. SPX goes out to Dec 2020 Are you expecting longer?

I LOVE craps, but I never win over time.

I'm going to make a general statement. What we have not mastered is the most difficult. I can't say that because option postion trading is easier for me, that it should be easier for others. I have never been a equity day trader. But if I practice that skill and find a system that works, that...

It is not a good idea to only do that. You are reducing your odds of success. To me, more like gambling.

well said.

Why is DT the most difficult? Why should anyone constrain their trading to one discipline? If he likes options, why not learn futures and options on futures? The reality is that not every strategy works all the time. The learning should never end if you want to make a living from trading or...

Not always. Depends on time decay. If you buy options out 6 months, yes. If you buy a $0.10 options with 1 week to go, maybe not. All I can tell you is that the strategy of buying OTM calls over time is a loser. You might get lucky a few times, but the discipline to exit the option when not...

ATM, and just ITM options are a stock replacement strategy while OTM options are more of a wish looking for a home run. You can be right on stock direction and still lose money with OTM options.

We are making a lot of assumptions without seeing his account. Maybe what happened is not something that can be replicated daily. Maybe he was long a take over stock or short the market in february or caught the recovery in the aftermath of feb. We have no idea how he made his money. I assume he...

Sorry, I just read this. We have offices in NY and Chicago. We don't offer our own hosting for futures. Yes, having your server or PC running in Chicago would make sense. You can remote to that, to trade from Canada.

We can offer futures for IRAs as long as they are open with a self directed IRA company like Midland IRA. Bob

HFT firms set up their own iLink connection sponsored by a member with a data feed direct from the CME at the CME data center in Aurora, IL. Wedbush requires $2mm or more in AUM and certification with both the CME and their risk systems. I have never had a customer do that. For a trader with...

IMO, if you are not do an arb of some kind, and you don't live to far away from Chicago, a hosted low latency set up is too expensive for most retail traders looking to efficiently get in and out when they get their signals with $25,000. We have traders using Realtick to automate their trading...

No. Only through private messages and posts.