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    For you Equity Daytraders.

    I trade approximately 300k-400k per day. My usual position size is 500 to 1k shares. I max out at around 6k if the stock is highly liquid, which doesn't happen very often. I trade often and carry up to 20+ positions at once. I pull opportunities from any source I can whether it be fundamental or...
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    Trading for profit a fools game?

    I guess it is all about finding the right girl...My girlfriend fully supported me in trading since I started 6 years ago. I had gone from making nearly nothing(50k/yr) to making great money in about three years and have been doing consistently well for the last three years. I work with...
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    Anyone made money in May?

    That is what I like to hear from everyone...Positive comments....it propels you to the next level.
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    Anyone made money in May?

    Back to the original topic, May was a great month to be trading equites(that's all I trade, so am not sure about other investments). Volatility picked up which made for great months for many traders in my group as well as others I have spoken too. I personally had my best month of my six...
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    how does prop trading compensation work?

    First of all, If you are down gross consistently you shouldn't be trading real money. You should be paper trading. Secondly, what is wrong with firms making money? I thought that is how capitalism works. I don't think we would have any firms if that they weren't able to make a...
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    Simple advice for those starting prop

    If only many of the wanna be traders who entered the field saw and followed such advice...I have worked with so many that give it a month or two then quit...get rich quickers...not really possible in the financial markets...work hard, study, learn, give it time and you will make money...give it...
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    Live News Service, Free

    Exactly, the same problem I have. Only by closing and opening the player over and over does it keep up. I did use Quicktime and didn't have this problem before.
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    Live News Service, Free

    I trade at Hold Brothers, There news is pretty good, but I am in office and not sure whether the service you guys are refering to is delayed in anyway. However, I donit think it is delayed. I think the remote traders at Hold also use the same service. With that being said, I know...
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    Using SLIP to short

    If you used this 4 times in a day, what is up with all the questions, why don't you ask someone at your firm?
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    2005 Net Trader P/L

    Still two full weeks left this year...unless your taking off the rest fo the year.
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    Where does everyone live/trade and how old.

    5 years 4 months trading 0 gross down months 3 net down months(first two months of trading were net down) max net down for single month: 1,500.00 max net up for single month: 47,600.00 Occupation: Stock Trader Location: New Jersey 28 years old daily Net up % 2005...
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    Increasing your chance for prop success

    Typically traders, whether prop or not, have many systems or ways or styles they trade that do work, that they do make money with whether high or low risk. However, there are intangibles that profitable traders need to have to make a good system work. They need to have their approach to trading...
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    bright vs. echo

    If they are that great, why don't you still trade there?
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    The king of real estate's cashing out

    Then Bush and his cronies took over and the energy markets where allowed to be manipulated ever higher. Electricity in Cali on 01'. Oil from 03' till present and Natural Gas now. Yeah!!! More Private Meetings with Cheney and Key Energy Execs. I wonder what they discussed 4 years ago??? Bring...
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    Man, am I glad I'm a day trader

    If I only made 100 bucks a day I would be saying exactly the same thing. Ha!!!
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    The Real Cost of being a Proprietary Equity Trader

    Your supposed to be continually working on fresh ideas techniques while you are making money on your current ones. Trading is not about stoping and starting from idea to idea, you will never make money that way.
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    The Real Cost of being a Proprietary Equity Trader

    Limitdown, You are absolutely right when it comes down to those firms that do what you are speaking of. It is absolutely wrong for them to run a business this way. I was just speaking for the firms that are legitimate and straight forward. With that in mind, there a still alot of...
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    The Real Cost of being a Proprietary Equity Trader

    Determining whether to trade fulltime either with a firm or without, instead of working, is a serious decision. Even though firms market this business in a certain way, it is the traders responsibility to do a thorough analysis of their situation to determine whether this career is right for...
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    Bill Frist - best trader ever

    I think they all are thiefs, otherwise how could you justify the attached article. http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4372995/ I had several experiences over the last year where Sen. Specter would come out and say an asbestos bill was imminent, and it never was. I am sure these jokers where selling...
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    EYII, the train is on the move!

    What kind of scanner are you using for pink sheet stocks? Thanks.
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