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years ago, i was told in college that markets are efficient. when i started trading people told me that it is gambling. when i scored on a certain day or for months straight, they saw, but refused to believe. read this article and ask how many who write for media know what's really going...

Bond yields are near historical lows, but rising. a 100 basis point rise on the 10 year would yield 5.4%, still low compared to historical means. Historically, have bull markets been able to survive in an environment where rates rise, and fed tighten?

silk, seems like whenever you write up these kinds of posts, the markets get tradeable again soon after, well for a short while at least... keep them coming.

know all strategies. know everything you can. learn everyday. some months or years are good for certain strategies.. some bad for whole cycle. some come back like the living dead when least expected. be contrarian, overnights.. daytrading, etc.. ie if dow hits 12000, hope you all...

yeah, if you don't mind living in a roach infested sH*thole and eating taco bell evry night, you can get by with that much.. one other thing, NYC is full of TFKPTBA's hiding in $100 thrift jeans... interpretation: Trust Fund Kids Pretending To Be Artists.

this is true.. when the public is involved in the markets, it adds a dimension to market volatility. i don't mean to oversimplify, but what i see in the current markets, the lack of volatility and an illusion of efficient markets is the absense of public participation and emotion.. fear and...

statistical arbitrage.. has been in existence for decades.. right, the idea is if this system picked up a gazillion pennies and nickels that nobody "cared" about, in the long run, it'd rack up sizeable $$$$.. kinda like picking up a gazillion pepsi cans and getting a nickel a piece. imho...

but programs and algorithims trade off fixed patterns and criteria,until modified... these things can be easily predicted within a time period.. can be anticipated. what is much harder to predict is human's irrational behavior..

it's him.. after he ate a bucket of kfc.

i remember this old trader saying that he welcomed vacations to spend the money he made.

what is... "massive commissions"? as long as you cover cost of service and make money for firm by commission, there'd be no reason to ask you to leave. also, generating commissions does not always equate to churning. it is often a means to generating more profit. if you cannot do the...

so in other words.. traders who trade alot and make alot have little to worry about.

so many people read both.

most prop firms are paying out near 100% and offering deals that most of you might think is "ridiculous". same time, i would imagine that any prop firm does more volume than etrade, datek, or any other "retail" co. imho.

right, so the only difference between a guy getting 10 million in leverage with 5,000 cap and a retail guy getting 20,000 buying power is that one decided to study a few weeks to obtain this silly license.

well as most of you probably know, i think if you are non-licensed, you are considered retail and subject to 4:1 daytrading margin. i know of no retail firms offering 10 times leverage. off topic here, but i always wondered what it was about the series 7 that allowed props to give their...

my experience is that these deals are typically offered to experienced prop traders with track records, not to newbies.

it's no big secret. just about every prop firm is offering these types of deals and have been for quite some time. i've even heard of some offering down to 0.35 cents/share.. just need to be licensed.

i once tried to lubricate a trade strategy. it worked for a while, but then it didn't work so well anymore, so i opted for a new one. much better now.

i think anything is possible. so why not? i've heard of people losing much more in a day.