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This is near worthless if he is trying to get into a true prop shop. Physics is actually a valued major, only due to the math requirements.

Math & Quant is what is needed to design complex models that attempt to beat the market just to blow up when an adverse effect happens. Prop shops, that is REAL prop shops & desks have been leaning toward Math majors from top shops. Quantitative Finance is so-so and Risk management caters...

Where do you come up with this crap?

To be fair, the risk/reward for a situation like this has changed dramatically versus 14 years ago. It's just not worth it nowdays. If I were the TS, I would explore other opportunities and maybe look into incorporating his trading strategy (if he has any) into his current schedule.

A crack-pipe

You like talking so much about others that I can't help but be curious: What is your story?

You need to work on your spelling. It's spelled t-r-o-l-l

HFT basically frontruns your order, trying to squeeze ticks out of everyone.

What? Listen, do the research behind how Clinton "balanced" the budget. It's just engineering of the budget report. First, they tucked away the long term liabilities in the footnotes. Second, they moved around inter-government debt to balance the current budget. Little changed during...

I'm sorry but WTF are you talking about? And please don't bring up Clinton, he never balanced any budgets or anything of the sort. That's was just a PR trick.

I doubt many people know, but most charities work in a very similar manner.

I think a lot of this depends on where your investor base is coming from. If you have private individuals that you know personally and there are strong relationships in place, along with a word of mouth reputation, then the expenses are minimal. If you plan to take it more "professional" and...

Interesting thread. It's funny to see other posters attacking the one that actually knows the industry. $2million may be an exaggerated number but it is not far from that figure, if you plan to set-up a proper hedge fund If you want to pitch your hedge fund to sophisticated investors, FoFs...

Posts like these really make me laugh. The uptick rule was one of the best money making edges for daytraders back in the day.

I figured you would have been a little more keen on these matters. Bullets have been disallowed by SEC since late 2003. You can still use conversions to short on an uptick.

Do you want to trade or do you want to put your capital to work in order to make more money? The two are unlikely to correspond, but not to say it's impossible. Trading from your current position should be viewed as a business venture, so why not evaluate it as such.

Uhm, no it is not. Western Europe has some very cushy regulations for its employees. Particularly France.

Really? Like where? Don't forget that collecting your welfare check is not actual employment.

Actually, it's the other way around. Europeans which work hard come here, instead of staying in Europe.

Really? Which countries? Mexico? Your average European country? Brazil or Argentina? Please enlighten us.