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    OUTRIGHT vs. SPREAD trading

    Anyone care to discuss the pros/cons of these strategies for intraday trading? Looking for an edge in the spread, getting whacked lately.
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    sample resume

    Could someone please post a sample resume with a complete description of a Futures Prop Trader position, thank you.
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    Evolution Capital Management

    Kamdooo you are way out of line. You post for a help on a message board, so you should learn to take the good with the bad. You are very green, and you are talking down to someone who appears to have valid, real-world experience with this subject, and you are basically not willing to hear him...
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    Newb to trading, a little help with the basics long post

    Go for it now! Yeah, wait until you're married and have your kids' tutions to worry about, or mortgage and car payments to make. Your responsibilities are only going to increase as you get older. Try explaining to your wife that your quitting your job because you want to trade full-time. I...
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    Spread Trading for Dummies

    I've been trading prop live for about 2 months now. The first month I got beat pretty bad, basically scalping outright. At that time, I was using Market Profile, S.Stochastics, candlesticks, etc. I found it difficult to stick my levels, and often bent my own rules just to put a trade on. It...
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    Eurodollar Futures (GE)--anyone else trading these?

    I haven't had much luck trading the ED outright and have been thinking about spreading it against the 5 yr note? Anyone care to share any thoughts on this?
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    Eurodollar Futures (GE)--anyone else trading these?

    Special K anyone?
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    CFA vs MBA??

    ...than 12 hours to D-day! Then you can test do some hypothesis testing on me. Will I behave my self tomorrow night and not get totally annihilated. REJECT THE NULL!!
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    Lynx Captial

    Anyone have any info about this firm in NYC?
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    CFA vs MBA??

    CFA Level 1- Test is one week away, barely breaking 70 on the practices exmas, HELP!!!
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    Opportunities

    Could someone in the know please comment on the health of these Prop shops and the BEST place to BEGIN a career, thank you: Assent Carlin Echo ETG ETrade FNYS Hold Generic Madison Schonfeld
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    Paper Trading

    Thanks for all the repsonses. If trading is so profitable, why aren't there more firms out there actively recruiting trainees and putting the capital behind them? Every other reputable profession has some type of formal training program or requires a certain pedigree to enter the field. It just...
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    Paper Trading

    Here's the situation, opinions welcome. I work for a broker-dealer and we have our own direct access platform for institutional investors and hedgies. I assist working orders on the desk with other people's money, so its a far cry from prop trading. We have a demo, but it's not really...
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    Paper Trading

    Could some please provide me with the best free website for simulated trading. Thank you!
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    Humor me...

    how does one pick his universe of stocks to trade? How many names should a beginner focus on? Please respond with detailed step by step process, thank you. I have my Series 7, 63, and 55; would like to learn how to prop trade.
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    Cooper Neff

    website does talk a good game. so other than FNYS, who's the premier shop to start a career with?
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    Cooper Neff

    What's the 411?
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    Fnys

    NYSE is not "trading". Its working other's orders. No accounts, no $$$.
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    Fnys

    I am persistent and would like another opportunity to work at FNYS. Here's the situation. I have an okay rapport with the person who interviewed me. I could tell he liked me, but prob thought I wasn't the exact fit at the time. Fast forward, a year later. I've been working on the NYSE and on an...
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    Fnys

    A member asked me to share my experience. Anyone else please do the same: tbomb wrote on 04-02-04 09:13 AM: The interview went well. I was told that being as green as was does not make me the ideal candidate. Yet the interviewer said he would recommend me to the second round. I followed up...
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