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thank you babak...great charts, studies... :D

another reason a "proper" financial firm may not be interested in a former self trader is that as a trader you made independent decisions, paid the price or got the reward as a result. chances are as a trader you rarely dealt with office politics (in all incarnations). my experience (as former...

:eek: bought july 30 puts on nvls for .90...overpaid in thin markets? ouch...

my only question was, is this at all realistic?....i guess not...i counseled my friend to ask for 10% of the bro, not profits... that deal is apparently not even on the table as a reasonable counter offer......i told him to walk away from any "investment" in a firm that is unwilling to pay its...

new... i have no idea...i assume the firm must pay for something if they don't pay their employees...i just found this a little strange...i mean, opening a trading facility and recruiting traders seems like it would be a more than full-time job with a great deal of responsibility and very...

world co offering NON-PAYING positions to open offices and bring in traders...offering 10% of of trader profits, after brokerage... i heard this from someone who was made the offer...anyone else heard this?

don't like to keep asking dumb questions but what is tip service...? anybody think today's late turn has legs tomorrow?

i position trade using interday, daily, weekly realtime charts...no system... i take it the 'systems' generate buy and sell signals:confused: ? mbs

i must have missed the straight-forward, 'we make our money from brokerage, not traders' line amid the continual, again unsupported, claims of those who appear to be daytrading firm managers. there's nothing wrong with making money from brokerage but it is disingenuous at best to hint/suggest...

i'm sure that bright and worldco and all the others have a useful place in the industry for those that want to trade stocks intraday, let's not exaggerate the advantages that prop brokers do possess. this sounds like a good idea......many of the ''answers" to the original question posted...

sticking with short ebay and qcom shorts overnight mb

go with your gut...though the technical damage is significant today and not any market moving econ news tomorrow... of course the wall st "analysts" will be all over the tv tomorrow saying this is a buying opportunity.....boy, those guys must think everyone has a very short memory... mbs

this may not be the correct thread but i am interested in whether any firms are located in florida....palm beach county specifically... if so, is it possible to get an appointment/interview with them in early may?

try bigcharts.com....they have a java applet that allows you to choose the indicators you want to use....the quotes are delayed but you get the general idea.... i don't use pattern recognition software...don't even know what it is... mbs

hourly measured move on qlgc short is down at 46ish which conicides with daily support...

looks like a good short to me...would add at 46, then on break of 44... am short qcom, ebay, brcm... added to qcom short at 38.50 today, short at 40.12 from last week ebay shorted today at 55.00..wish i'd sold more but am self-financed. good luck mbs

i have been watching with interest this thread..posted a few lines myself... having worked on wall street for 18 years in trading and senior management i would agree prop trading has been trimmed back but all big banks and brokerage firms do in fact trade their own books...it is very unlikely...

oops...brcm, not brocade

brcd, ebay, qcom