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I've been talking with a few prop firms, I think I've settled on one, and this particular firm allows a trader to sign on as an individual or under his/her llc, what are the advantages or disadvantages to signing up under each?

I know a guy who trades for SMB, he went in not knowing much about trading at all, granted he was extremely bright and a outstanding student from a top 20 University and now he is a consistently profitable trader at SMB, they now offer there training to outside traders for a fee of $5k. Is...

I've noticed a lot of new traders and experienced traders who are either looking to join their first firm or move to a new one, ask the same question, "What is their pay structure?" Rather it's Assent, Bright, Echo etc, everyone wants to know what the ground level deal that most of these...

Yes the do require a 7, the only firm I have heard of that doesn't require a 7 is Flat Iron

Does anybody have any information on what trading for Schonfeld is like? I know they have an office out in Long Island and a couple in South Florida, I went to their website recently and it says they just merged with Lightspeed. If anyone has traded or know of someone who has traded with...

I've been thinking about giving Alliance Investment Management a try, 4/1 margin intraday, NO pattern day trader rule whatsoever!

I understand your view of a new trader w/ 50/1 lev. But on a $5k deposit, that's just enough money to trade and pay the bills. When I say newbie trader, that doesn't mean I've never traded a security in my life, I have a pretty good retail account, I only trade a few equities that I know...

What prop firms offer the best leverage for newbie traders? I've read recently in another post of this forum, that Echotrade offers 50/1 for new traders, can anyone confirm this? What are other prop firms offering?

What is the ideal processor for a trading computer. (3 monitors, no more than 3 programs running at a time)

No State Tax, Real Estate is a steal right now half-million dollar condos with views are going for $300k these days, weather always beautiful, Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami is practically Conn., NJ., NY, with a tropical background, and a much cheaper standard of living.

No, I'm not talking about FNYS or Jane Street, I'm speaking more of Assent, Bright, Keystone, type firms, whereas you put up risk capital and then it's used to leverage and trade with.

I was wondering does anybody know of any prop firms that will hire a new trader without a college degree? I know Wasserman Capital in Miami says it's preferred but not required. Before anyone goes passing judgement, the reason I haven't obtained a degree is because I practically had to run...

Don, I have two quick questions for you regarding funding, first what is the ideal amount a new trader would need to fund his/her account with to get started with you guys, 2nd how much would a trader need to have in his/her account to trade with $1M?

We all know that you can trade, Japan, Hong Kong, U.K, Germany, France, and Canadian exchanges with Etrade, who else besides Etrade gives you this ability?

Does anybody know the payout and cost structure of ECHOtrade, for their day trading prop desk?