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yep, after today's liftoff, this seems do-able

lol exactly...it brings the following chart to mind

alright, i know this would seem 'contrarian' given that mainstream media / tv guests keep talking about valuations are high and therefore the market 'has' to go down, etc... but when everyone thinks it's the top, it's probably not the top who else thinks the market can go parabolic UP from...

what is Paul Rotter doing now? he seems pretty low profile, but if he's still making 50-60mm each year he must be approaching the 1 bln mark? what a boss...

but come on! as for anything to do with people/human behavior, there's got to be differences, however subtle. eg. just to name a few "sociological" differences between uk and 'merica: - movies: james bond vs. jason bourne - driving: left vs. right - football: soccer vs. ...football - tv series...

thanks for the input guys! wow, definitely did not know the tax on share purchases was that much...i guess when they decide to remove it sometime, the hft market makers will come and party in that market okay, here's the next question: suppose trading was in the rio games, and you take the top...

for day trading, it seems prop firms in the uk focus purely on futures (single name equities not so much), while there's a mix in the us -- why is this? and going by (a small sample of) observations it looks as though the brits have more of a preference for mean-reversion types of...

alright guys, we've all heard lots of anecdotes and third-hand stories of people clearing multiple '00s - ks per day trading, and while it's useful to talk about abstract concepts, i think it'd be very cool to have a thread where ppl can post actual photos/screenshots of order confirmations &...

yes, the Flipper had mentioned in another interview that he himself had been transitioning away from his earlier techniques... yet, surely there are still some major individual prop traders out there doing very well, trading large volumes with a robust, fair edge? perhaps more importantly --...

CALLumbus, could you please elaborate? is there something different about today's environment that prevents futures prop traders from being as active as they were in the past (eg. limited leverage, lower risk limits by prop firms)?

recently came across an article (published quite some time ago) that talks about a prop trader in London who makes seven figures a year: http://www.financialtrading.com/lawrie-inman/ a couple details that really stood out: this is truly amazing, and humbling to read..! how do the prop...

perhaps let's all try to be more resourceful....this is Kemu's blog (Kenji Uemura, as referred to in the article): http://blog.livedoor.jp/kemu77/ The book that he published: http://www.tradersshop.com/bin/showprod?a=10978&c=9784775990964 Here's a DVD that he released too, apparently-...

He uses futures on the Nikkei, also trades currencies with the Dollar-Yen as well, going by his posts. With futures and currencies, the built-in leverage would be enough to allow for some substantial gains (ie. much more than the 15-20% annualized returns you commonly hear from top institutional...