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dont sweat getting a job...what it all really boils down to is if the guys sitting across the table from you thinks he would like to work around you. there are lots of job opportunities all over the place!

good job if you are short!

I was on that thread...so let me clarify something Nothing hurts a resume if it is not on there... I used to own a recruiting firm, so i have written a few hundred resumes.. Put "RELEVANT work experience" on the resume, and if you traded prop...it doesnt fall under relevant. so dont...

interesting topic.. 90% of any businesses fail the first time. alexander grahm bell and thomas edison must have failed 1000 times. If you take your $5k from your credit card to trade with and nothing else...that is not wise. I think the people that start trading on the side, while...

you will learn FAR FAR more about the market if you go into a legit banking or trading job. never, never go prop unless you dont have any other alternatives....it WILL ruin a resume. It is better to say you quit your job to travel the world than to say your worked at a prop firm. There...

sold 500 at 39.08, had entered at 37.42 the day before. I put in a market order as soon as i saw it stall out after the gap. I had a swing trade in expecting metal to rally a bit moreon inflation (CPI)...didnt happen. I tried to re-enter with a stop at the day low (250 shares)...was...

not that you care...but man, the QQQQs look like they made their short term bottom at 39.25ish. I am IN at 39.32. looking for a point in the next few days. .10 stop 2000 shares it is just peetered out on really high volume. did anybody else catch this and see a good risk/reward? suerte.

stopped out....how did i manage to make money on that???? luck.

how about some useful advice insted of insults... Try finding a programs or broker that allow you to programs your entries and exits...the main thing here being stop losses. You have $10k. congrats. meaning limit your DAILY downside to $100. do that by programming your stop loss and...

james, I was doing some calculations my self on the same topic the other day. I am 30, and would like to be able to go fulltime in 5 years. My numbers were more conservative. I also average about 10% a month at the present time, but understand that may not always be the case. My...

just bought it today and holding to look for a bounce in the next day or two. very very tight stop!

free trade is much better overall for both economies. High tariffs etc discourage trade, cut into wholesaler and retailer pockets, and all consumers as a result. that to some degree weakens economies. I live in a small country with MASSIVE import tariffs. Cars up to 80%, many goods...

1% is fine. you can get fancy.... but for me it complicates the issue. But i subscribe to group psycology analysis in trading more than i do algorithims and such. Now let me specify...that is for intraday for me. Longer term, i have to open it up a bit. in a swing position, i may do 5%...

there is someone who knows. I met a guy working at an overseas breanch who said they were paid on volume.....millions of shares per day apparently. Do any of the traders make any money doing that? how much are the top traders making there? how about the average joe? what is the cut...

i see now...you were being a smart ass...I dont call it a blotter... it is a "screen shot" for me...i didnt know either. you were saying i was full of B.S. ... now i remember why i pay more attention to my work then i do to these threads. geez.

thanks...but no. This is my first profitable year...i may just be getting lucky..I am up about 47% so far this year, which i am happy about becuse i have a full time job as a bond broker, so i cant sit in front of the screen all day... If i can keep it up for about 3 years (or make a living...

oh sure, ill play. I have been trading NEU all week. mon. +565 Tues +535 Wed +1732 Today +1100 check it out...moves quite a bit. If you are patient you can pull a few points per day out of it...but trades rather thin at times. Stick to limit orders.

this is funny....i am a bear after this amazing run-up...and i still think it is funny. this guy needs a beer.

a lot of good advice here. i am in the same situation, also 30...but with a wife and chitlin. making at times $1000, $600, $1500 per day (in my country a good monthly wage is $2000 per month...and my house and cars are all paid off...so imagine my feelings!). very few down days. I am...

i tried to explain things once...she didnt care. all she likes to hear is "i made another grad today before my coworkers got in...". as long as i am winning instead of losing..she doesnt care.