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    Educational Advice, Please

    Why study the material if you are not going to take the test?
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    Meeting with local prop firm. Good questions to ask?

    Check this out. https://traderbrainexercise.com/
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    Meeting with local prop firm. Good questions to ask?

    Really? And what happened to long term capital and other hedge funds? Ever read "Fooled by Randomness" or "The Black Swan"? A statistical edge may be fantasyland itself.
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    Trading Stocks off Options Flow

    What do you mean by "options flow"
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    Person Pivots

    Anyone use Pearson Pivots? What is your experience with them and what time frames do you use them? Thanks
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    Meeting with local prop firm. Good questions to ask?

    I disagree that discipline is common. I do agree that more is needed than discipline alone. Acquiring self mastery helps for the psychological aspects of trading but not the methodology of the trading. Both are needed to succeed.
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    Meeting with local prop firm. Good questions to ask?

    I am not sure it is 99% but it is probably anywhere between 90-99%. I heard from a clearing firm employee who stated that a very high number of very active accounts go bust.
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    Meeting with local prop firm. Good questions to ask?

    Come on. Don't you think the one percent achieved a high level of self mastery? She has offered a way to do that. Sure not everyone needs to do yoga but a disciplined mind is a must.
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    Meeting with local prop firm. Good questions to ask?

    Can you please explain about permission to go back to your job?
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    Educational Advice, Please

    You need a firm to sponsor you. another option is to take the 3 where you won't have to have anyone sponsor you
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    Educational Advice, Please

    For what you are looking for I recommend the great courses and audible.com has the best prices. There are on bossiness topics including economics and will explain what you want to know. You can also get them at your public library. Solid academic info at a great value.
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    When not to trade?

    Sleep deprived. Need sleep to trade. When ruminations of other things clog my mind, it is not the time to trade. When I realize I am not respecting the market. The market is in charge. I am just following it I can not control it.
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    TD Ameritrade and Think or Swim Option Market Maker Scam

    Payment for order flow is a legal practice. I did not read any proof that customers got harmed in the process. The high frequency firms get there faster but that does not mean that at the time TOS customer gets order to the counter-party that he is not getting the NBBO price. That said it...
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    TD Ameritrade and Think or Swim Option Market Maker Scam

    I highly doubt that. You could not do that and have no one know about it.
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    TD Ameritrade and Think or Swim Option Market Maker Scam

    But is he getting better fills with schwab? Is it possible their routing algo is better than TOS?
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    TD Ameritrade and Think or Swim Option Market Maker Scam

    Because the bid is obviously wrong. In any event would they improve prices for a limit order? If I put in a limit order at $2.50 would they give me $2.55?
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    TD Ameritrade and Think or Swim Option Market Maker Scam

    Mav, In your scenario, what would you expect to happen if you placed a market order to sell? Would you get filled at $2 or would there be a price improvement? Suppose intrinsic value was $2.55 but you put the market order in. Then what?
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    Broker to bypass day trade rule

    Are you talking about suretrader?
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    What makes Successful Traders?

    Emotional intelligence, understand cognitive biases and how to make decisions.
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    Trainee Prop

    Why were you unsuccessful? Did you figure that out? I do not know them so I can not say if they will help you or not. Perhaps a mentor could help.
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