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    I've got 5K, what now?

    I would say protect your capital never put your account in a position where a single trade can blow it out. Protect your profits don't let them become losers. Cut losses using prearranged stops. Write a trading journal and monitor what works and what does not work. For trading strategies...
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    College or Prop Trade

    All degrees are useful in the sense that many jobs require a bachlors of any major. Nevertheless, if you have a field that you are interested in you should pursue the"useful" majors. Perhaps, Computer Science, Math or anything bussiness related would be useful in finance.
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    College or Prop Trade

    Whatever you deceide to do, if you choose to work full time I think you should attend college also. Even if it is only one course in a semester, you are in school while working. DO it at nights or weekends or online. If going to school does not get you into serious debt I would say go...
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    SEC/FINRA Officially Issues Warning on Unregistered Broker Dealers

    Illum, Some people are really trying to help others not make the same mistakes they did. They are telling their stories and encouraging people to be cautious. I think your accusations of their motives are without merit.
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    SEC/FINRA Officially Issues Warning on Unregistered Broker Dealers

    FINRA reglates FINRA member firms. I am not sure that this notice is applicable to all firms in the bussiness. It sounds to me like FINRA does not want to be accussed of dropping the ball, should it be determined that a finra member firm was (or is)unregistered. On the other hand, the SEC...
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    The Stigma of Daytrading Lives

    You can call yourself an investment specialist, I tell people I work in market intelligence. When they ask me more info I tell them it is classified.
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    Who Is Don Bright?

    Don Bright is a man I never met but have read his stuff here on ET. His posts are consistent and his message is usually a combination of do your homework before joining any firm and talk to the firms directly instead of guessing what "they would say".
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