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    Proprietary Trader Split

    A true prop firm will pay a base and you trade their money. like First New York Securities. If you wondering about a professional trading organization like Bright trading for example (S7 needed, clean u4, use of leverage) which I assume you are; several "professional firms" offer 100%...
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    Recommendation on Trading Book

    books on trading are garbage for the most part. They will never walk you through an edge or give you much information to profit in the markets. Most books are outdated. If you want to get better understanding of trading, markets, ECNs thats fine "day trading for dummies" will work for general...
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    I am going back to Bright

    a clean u4 means drug free too? :D lets not make the U4 process any longer! so no ideas here. I could imagine them making a drug test part of the process and adding a $499 service for that :confused:
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    October 19th 2010 = watch out

    Jack, I went to Durants Steakhouse in Central Phoenix. I know you are south of me in Tuscon but have you ever been to Durants? (phx famous steak house)
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    how to meet monthly expense while growing trading capital?

    second stream of income. get a job where you interact with people. It will do your mind good. One trader I know works afternoons at starbucks (offers health insurance and kept him from living like a hobit) bank roll management is a tough part of the game. Last year I killed it in...
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    October 19th 2010 = watch out

    today is my birthday :)
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    J.P. Morgan: Foreclosures take an average of 448 days...

    wow. thats about a 1.5 year before you get kicked out
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    Internet connection in Rio de Janeiro

    it will vary from location to location. check the speed with. if its a hotel, call and ask. www.speedtest.net
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    Best commission with $5k deposit

    commissions for the most part are paid on volume not the size of your account. With a smaller account you cannot really scale up and go big etc. How many a shares a month do you trade? (when you call and tell them you trade X shares per month they typically round that number down as traders...
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    Your thoughts Mr. Maverick

    No for both Anyone looking to join a CBOE firm must also prepare a letter/explanation briefly explaining their style of trading.
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    Trade Performance Verification

    tax returns and also records straight from the broker/dealer or clearning firm to confirm
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    October 19th 2010 = watch out

    but thats my birthday. :(
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    Taxation

    You need to ask the compliance officer of the firm. Several prop firms issue a K1 statement at the end of the year. It is really simple to do K1 taxes. So with a K1; your end of the year net income is taxed as ordinary income.
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    Managed Money

    Several of prop firms will not allow "third party" deposits. why not just get a prime brokerage account and do it the correct way?
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    50k trading account profits?

    don't look at it as your account size vs your projected profits. I trade with a prop firm and I have well over a million in buying power. you need to figure out profits or success on an edge per share basis, not account size. A trader with an edge per share .02 is a great trader...
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    Gordon Gecko uses Lightspeed??!

    any screen shots?
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    Gordon Gecko uses Lightspeed??!

    redi takes forever to load up if it crashed gs customer suport is wishy washy at best
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    Proprietary firm and overnight leverage?

    bright and echo offer overnight leverage, but you need to pay a haircut and typically they extend overnight leverage with paired or hedged positions
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    TEXT on desktop/screen

    lol
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    Travel Trading Setup... How to move monitors?

    dont forget to check your speed at the location www.speedtest.net
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