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Okay so this is almost a solicitation, but it is more like a thread for advice: I went to a decent four year school and majored in MIS, I'm not some hot shot from NYU, but I want to get back into trading futures. I don't have the drive to get and MBA and apply to the big companies just...

How does this compare to a CFA? Are they comparable? Is this something you would put on your resume? Would it help in making it in a hedge fund?

you can purchase a seat on the physical exchanges for a respectable fee. don't know how electronic exchanges work though.. A clearing member does not have the same commission costs of course

It was a illegal search.

I would take: Accounting and a programming course like C++ and an investment elective

I've got a backtested strategy though. Looks like(I've been surfing) the minimum is going to be 25k! Found a lot of new places to send my resume though.

I was turned down for an order desk job today and my heart is broken. I'm trying to find a place to day trade e-mini's with the lowest initial margin requirement.

420 Lincoln Rd? Place called Assent?

What is going to be your maximum margin? Then I would double that and let it be your initial capital requirment.

An accounting degree would be best if you're interested in only trading. To me economic data usually means squat.

This is what I understand : 1) If I go through the expungment process I can remove any record of the a) arrest or b) conviction if there was one. Now the question is if I would still have to answer yes to the "charged" question, and if so will this deny certification throught every...

Then what I understand is on the next application I phil out I should answer "no" to the question of whether or not I've been charged with a felony. I mean after I was denied to take the test I called the exchange, and the woman specifically told me that was the reason I had been denied.

I believe this is a decision specific to the PHLX exchange. (The firm I was to trade with is associated with them).

Lets say you grossed like a 1m trading? Couldn't you get at least 8%, essentially risk-free?

Possession of Narcotics - The charges got dropped too.

I've spoke to someone with PHLX exchange and she told me one felony arrest will inhibit you from obtaining a Series 7, for life. This came as a surprise. I would suspect a felony conviction possibly stopping you maybe for a period of time. Is this problem restriced to PHLX or is this...