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Don't see any prop shops listed so it must be just solo guys.

I'm presuming you're in your early 20's. I can't think of a better time to assume some risk in moving to NYC without a job in hand. Security is the last thing you need right now. Find a room to rent. Live in the burbs and take the train. Sofa surf at friends houses. Whatever you have to do...

Wish I had taken a big short position as a hedge against getting kicked out of online gambling. The put premium would have been worth it. Traveler

Not a bad idea, but t-bills or muni bonds aren't going to beat inflation over the years. Traveler

ASAP, that's a great annual avg return! I am assuming we are not talking about gains on a personal residence for the real estate category. Just investment property?

This concept keeps coming up in various threads, in the form of "I have XXX, how much can I make?" So why don't we assume 1 MM in assets. How would you allocate it so that you have income to live off of (from trading or fixed income) plus growth from investing the rest passively? Assume a decent...

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So how would you allocate the OP's 400k now? Also, we need to know if the 400k is the OP's net worth or just his risk capital? Will you continue to size to the 400k as gambling bankroll and need part of it in liquid assets? I'd say for starters to take 20k or less of it and use that as your...

You are going to find that the latency is 200ms or more on Verizon EVDO. Not so bad for web surfing and email, but if you're depending on rapid response to price movements you are going to be 200-400ms behind all of your competitors. If you're not scalping it may be ok. Traveler

You guys must all be young. Doesn't take many years of working and saving to come up with 400k. Bluegar, I'm an online gambling refugee too. Bad stroke of luck on the legislation getting passed, but at least we had 6-7 years before it got shut down. I'm looking to get my bankroll into the...

You should probably find a way to test this before you trade it live. Shouldn't be too hard to do in tradestation, wealthlab, etc.

Vmware is a great product. It has been my experience that virtual machines have some level of native resistance to viruses just because of the way they are insulated from the host machine's network and IP resources. I'm looking forward to upgrading my mac so I can have OSX most of the time...

I'm not going to try to talk you out of it, but I wouldn't quit my day job with 5k and and little track record. Think about it. Even if you make 300% it's still only 15k and not enough to live on. Plus you have the opportunity cost of leaving your existing career. On the other hand, if you're...

Why not just buy on a credit card and keep the float rather than giving it up? Also, what kind of fees are you talking about. Most banks offer debit cards for free.

If you made millions for the firm, why not trade for yourself? You won't have to rely on an employer for benefits if you can make money on your own.

If you're not on the hook for losses it sounds like you're getting a free option on their money. Expect their risk management group to be watching you like a hawk. I can't imagine paying the spread all day long as a way to win in options. Is this a market-making firm that can quote two-sided...

I figured getting a locate on them would be hard. Maybe there is a prop broker dealer willing to bend the naked shorting rules.

Why is someone who is networked better than you going to be your intern rather than you being his? It is not a bad idea but I think it might be hard to find someone who can actually deliver the accounts and will work for peanuts. Traveler

Here's an idea for discussion. Everytime you get a spam touting some piece of garbage, go and short the stock. Do it repeatedly, but don't use leverage so you can hold them to zero. I get these crap emails all the time. I'm convincedd 100% of them are pump and dump scam stocks. Traveler