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What are comissions like at Brown compared to DA brokers?

waggie, You're absolutely right. I'm in the middle of Liar's Poker. Lots of traders heap scorn on the institutions for their lack of skill in trading. Just a bunch of 20 year olds pushing paper. But man, with relatively little risk to make so much money, can you blame them? 5 cents a...

Couldn't stand my Compaq's. Now I'm all Dell. Just personal experience though...sure others have experienced the opposite.

Probably depends on the school you're applying to as well.... HBS may balk at the idea, but at Chicago GSB (although it's the bastion of efficient market hypothesis), they may be more sympathetic because so many are tied into trading. Then I would couch your experience in terms that describe...

Right now I use T-mobile's WIFI hotspots and can trade from Starbucks and Borders (or McDonald's -- but I try not to step foot in that place). So far, no problems. Speed is as fast if not faster than my cable modem at home. My wife and I have been spending about 6 weeks in NYC this summer and...

That's funny, my cousin is married to Elaine's sister... If her view is anything like her sister (who used to be on Pataki's cabinet), then I'm sure she's frustrated with the Gov't as much as you are. Who wouldn't be frustrated with a system where you can't fire lazy, unproductive workers...

I too am in the process of opening an IB account...but can't seem to access the mobile trader from my T-mobile phone !? (www.interactivebrokers.com as the website instructs) Sounds like T-Mobile may have an issue with IB. Anyone else had the same experience and found a workaround? I'm...

Anyone? (Moving this back to the top of the thread)

Quick question about IB's mobile trader. If I'm trading futures, can I specify the number of contracts that I want to trade (vs. a default setting of 1 that IB provides) when I use mobile trader. I know this sounds almost obvious and inane, but it's not clear from the IB simulation. Don't...

I know you said "no tradestation" but have you ever considered using TS with a third party tool to trade through either IB or Advanced Futures? I also hear that you can integrate Wealth Lab with IB...

Nitro, I'm at Mohawk and Armitage, where are you at? MYD

Overtheline, "id move to lincoln park chicago" Why's that? You live here too?

picknclick, I'm not sure what your hidden agenda is here, but I have been with Shill for 10 years. The manager of the Shill office is a great guy and is one of the most respected traders on Wall Street. He always goes out of his way to help the traders out. In fact, we recently had a...

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Love that scene in Heat....I think it's the only movie where Pacino and DeNiro have been on screen together...(they were both in Godfather II, of course, but not on screen at the same time.)

Not quite trading...but I think it characterizes a side of the industry well: from BOILER ROOM: "I read this article a while back, it said the Microsoft employs more millionaire secretaries than any other company in the world. they chose stock options over Christmas bonuses. It was a good...

anecdotal, so don't know how accurate this is, but I think you get base salary + bonus. Bonus=profit split % (negotiable depending on your talent) on profits greater than some hurdle amount ($100K?). Sorry I can't be of any more help. So, the answer is, bonus depends on your own skill as...

I was being facetious...but even automated systems need some level of attention (make sure your internet connection doesn't go down...like mine did this morning, or your broker doesn't have issues, or GLOBEX doesn't crash, etc.)

vulture, great point. I think someone also mentioned on that thread (or somewhere else on ET) that the T&S report can sometime be misleading, because if I enter an order for 50 ES, it may come across the tape as 3,5,20,1,1,1,9,2,1,1,1,1,2,1,1 I think your advice to examine the volume at...

I would argue that this only applies to discretionary traders. If it's a mechanical system I would put the candidate in a room with a handgun and four freshly painted walls. When the candidate hears a beep (maybe every 3 hours, maybe less) the candidate must immediately pull the trigger on the...