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I hope you get that job. Good for you. Now I am really jealous. Atleast I think you understand what I am going through. One thing I am glad I did is save, eliminate all my debt and get my kids educations dealt with. Cause right now my wife could still stay home and I only need to bring...

No that is not going to happen either, you make money for them you stay. I went a little balastic on them awhile back. I thought for sure they are going to walk me out. No instead they gave me more money. That kept me happy for a month. That is when I realized it not the money any more...

I know i should stay but my problem is I hate it so much. The money is just not worth it.

jkrb and all Sorry I forgot to say thankyou for the response. I appreciate everyones opinion, it has given me alot to think about. Please if anyone has anything else positive or neg to say keep it coming. Again thankyou everyone.

Very interesting!!!!

75% comes from prop 25% from flows. How are you doing? Are you happy you left.

Before i make a change i am trying to understand other`s experiences and whether this is something that i could deal with. I plan on using futures and oanda. I expect i will be paying a tad more per round trip in the futures mkt, but nothing too dramatic. Oanda has the lowest spread that...

1. I have no debt to speak of and I have 2 years of expenses set aside plus I have an additional 75k-100k that I am willing to lose before I give up and go back into workforce. Can I ask how you are doing, how the beginning went and what kind of hours you trade? Do you enjoy it? What is...

Wallace I have no doubt that this is part of what I am going through, that is why I am not going to rush into anything. The other issue is I love trading and hate that I only get to keep a small % of the money I make.

These are all very good points My finanaces are in order, my kids education money is put aside, I have enough in retirement accounts that i would not have to add any to be able to retire in 15 to 20 years very comfortable. My house is paid off. My 2 cars are paid off. I have summer...

The money is good the job is very tiring....I sometime want to use my phone for purposes other than communication. lol On a side note anyone ever beat their keyboard with a phone? It feels really good. lol The problem with me trading from home with my own account is that if they...

I like to thank everyone for their responses. Tomcole do you feel comfortable in telling me why it was a big mistake? Are you still doing it? I am really undecided which means I am going to give myself some time and maybe try to fix the issues at my work first before I take the plunge...

Thankyou sir, that is what i was looking for.

There is only one market nickname for gbp and cad. He never responded. Why did he respond to the tread, it was not to be helpful if was to be an azz. I wanted to know if he had ever worked for a bank. Anyone who has worked trading for a bank knows the nicknames.

The market is again having trouble getting euro through 1.20. Friday should be interesting.

thanks I plan on at most 10 to 15 to one. Preservation of capital is the most important thing.

There are 2 main rates feeds that everyone uses including the banks. EBS is owned by the major banks. It is the where the banks cover most of their exposures. Reuters matching is the other. The rate feeds comes from the actually bid /offer in those systems. Oanda and other will...

Actually when u read an article about the canadian $, they probable refer to it as the loonie. It is in the interbank market they refer to it as funds. So traders will use this name.

they have a dollar coin with a loon on it. Its nickname is the looney.