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somebody in the past had suggested something about locking the money in a some Govt Bond and then the broker gives 90% or 95% credit to use! not sure .. just a thought .. does the Bond has to be held "Outside" the broker? becasue if it is on Broker's books what happens if broker goes bust ...

Who is banning the investment industry? all they are doing is reducing the leveraged product availability, and also due to cross jurisdiction issues they had to take some actions ( for example all IB AUS clients were asked to move accounts to IB AUS from IB USA)

it is high time the toothless tiger shows some guts .. - Australian Client money safety rules are there but if broker ( non Equity) goes belly up you become unsecured creditor, various CFD/FX brokers going down in recent times ( before the COVID meltdown) -Equity broker clients are supposed to...

Sorry Delta , I don;t understand your question/ comment?

-It can create conflict of interest...in such a case questions that gets raised is "is the "firm" more interested in selling that "training package" or finding trading talent? Sure it is a great model for the "firm" ... - To avoid this question and criticism true large self funded PROP firms...

If his methods are so good .. show the audited statements! of real money risked! run a manged fund/ CTA business so people can see warts and all what any such "educator" is made up of!

Building a great trading platform and brokerage/ small exchange etc is different than being a successful trader on the market.. DOH 10/10 for being a good businessperson.. but lets not equate that to being a "good trader" If he and his methods are so good .. show the audited statements! of real...

If a "firm" is set out to make more money by selling tests than the trading success of real funded traders then certainly it raises questions .. IMHO then it means such a "firm" will be more interested in churning test newbees than funding real traders.... a simple logical conclusion. Pebleo if...

You are a bully E2T (if I am obnoxious / uncouth) Can't I expresses my agreement with another poster who is also raising questions? and I did not take your name either neither did I ask Minmike to make those comments! Just becasue you are a sponsor does not mean others can't raise questions...

Yes agree ..correct deceptive marketing

so people like IB must be managing the PM risk internally! Equity/ CFD/ Futures all in one!

What if the account holder qualifies for Portfolio Margin status? ( assuming the broker has both futures and Equity / ETF under one account)

LOL minimike .. you will be shot down shortly by all the sundry and you will be labelled as "another test failure who writes negative comments about this perfect business model" for making such wild claims ;) you are accusing these so called prop firms to be making more money form selling...

OK you don't have to disclose anything ...but in the spirit of sharing everything success and failure I was inquiring Main reason to ask was to work out break even hence the $150K account question If one passes in min no of resets then it is more attractive sure. However the account size is...

Would you mind disclosing what $ amount you have spent so far in these trials and what ACTUAL funding you got ( not notional but actual)

What i meant was taking o/p position using diff instrument to take advantage of temp downturn...IF you still believe long term the underlying is going to go upwards!

There is no magic , you have to play with nos using diff options Buy ATM PUT + Sell OTM Call Buy ATM PUT + Sell OTM Call spreads If your long is SPY ... might be able to hedge temp using short ETF ! or ES or SPX futures in ratio.

as I said may be a some value but to post Hypothetical results does not involve any financial risk only reputation risk... so buyer beware ! If such a seller starts a licensed money management business then I would value them more than one who is just selling courses.. "practice what you...

Compared to other Black box sellers this companies course may have soem value for a specific way of trading.. ( options and option spreads) but reason you won't find any any live accounts (CTAs,) most of the time is because ( with this or any "trader selling teaching methods" ) - They will...

are you serious? you claim "to have 5 years solid track record in trading..and you want somebody to pay off your CC debt and then some more so you can trade with no risk to you... I think this post itself is Grey to say the list Set up a Real Estate company to do what? purchase RE / sale? WTF?