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i'm looking to do some research and track price data, etc. where can i find preloaded spreadsheets with symbol already there? for example, the s&p500, the different s&p sectors, various sector groupings or whatever. don't want to reinvent the wheel if it has already been done. thx.

the occasionally do move the market. just looking for the option.

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maybe if he leaves at 9 am. stops at the starbucks. i drive in from much farther out and it doesn't take me 30-40 minutes.

who with ?

post brookhaven to AFC does not take 30 mins.

in my book, success is becoming a self capitalized trader and keeping 100% of what u make. the prop stuff is great if you turn out to be a big swinging dick throwing around huge volume, taking big risk and can do it year in and year out. everyone wants to be one and from my experience...

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so your reasoning is that it is not a better deal because you, " the trader" may do something stupid. you think your prop shop is going to let you go down any significant amount of money ? no way. maybe $10k...... your going to have an extremely tight leash on you based on your p&l...

always amazes me traders will give up almost half their profits and pay large commish because they have no downside. like they are going to let you lose any real amount of money. give away sizeable upside to protect a small downside risk. classic poor trade.

i have news for u. that shop your headed to - it doesn't matter if you are NET profitable also. remember the 20% of gross part ? isn't that making money off your commish and other fees ?

important points don. 50%+ retention ? pretty damn good stats. retention should be a key question for any newbie. find out how long their traders actually stay.

keep up the good work. i wouldn't consider you a prop trader though. begs the question - why don't you try and become one ? u could trade remote if nothing local was available. have access to more capital and should be able to find a decent split. my masters in accounting from UNC is...

would love to see some data on the average life cycle of the newbie. ones that absolutely cannot trade last two months before they are shown the door ? those that can churn commish and generate flat to slightly negative returns last about a year ? at what point do you figure out that...

wow someone has been drinking gallons of the koolaide. u sound like a perfect hamster to grind up please post a follow up in a year.

u use redi for gsec clearing, otherwise walk. commish alone will eat u alive.

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don't know if it is the gold standard but gsec clearing and reorg is numero uno, imho.

any other sites i should be visiting ?

wow. i know there are a bunch of opus/echo/assent prop guys but i thought there would be some more "independents" in contact with a few via PM. i thought there would be more......