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It's "professional trading". That is not limited to only day traders and only scalpers. That's the stereotype most associate with prop, but there are all kinds of strategies employed by the guys that make good money.

No one firm can be the "perfect firm" for any one trader. It all depends on how you trade. If you make half a dozen big spread trades a month with huge leverage, holding for days, your needs are completely different than the guy manually scalping half a dozen times in 2 minutes. To some...

Tuco Trading, www.tuco.com I trade with these guys and they are not a sub-LLC of someone else, but a smaller, independant shop.

$2426 net on 66,000 shares

It's ALL about the exits. Everyone wants a great entry, and that's the easy part for authors and system sellers to come up with. However, it's exits, specifically the risk controls and profit taking strategies that generate the exits, that will determine how you fare. This is assuming you...

Quiet on all fronts again, net $884 on 80,000 shares

dud of a day. +$617 net on 84,000 shares

FYI, anyone in Canada interested in portfolio margin is out of luck. IB told me the IDA and the provincial securities regulators are not even close to considering the issue.

Back in the office after some time in sunny southern California. Pretty light trading while away, about scratch for the week. $5232 net on about 96,000 shares today

A LOT of listed stock guys have had a hard time adapting to hybrid.

$2200 net, about 50,000 shrs. Travelling today, holding a few small but hedged positions, don't expect much change.

$1445 net on 59,000 shrs Only traded the open today, getting ready to head out of town for a week.

-$6871 net on 106,000 shares. Not much going on today, but it only took one bad position to ruin things.

$2161 net on 237,000 shrs

If you want a text service, similar to what briefing does, TTN is pretty good. I've found them to catch stuff Briefing misses. I don't use them for live audio though.

$707 net on 152,000. Crappy finish, but I'll take it considering I was under water by a point and a half on a HUGE position in SOV.

$7272 net on 172,000 shrs

$4649 net on 200,000 shares. Left a TON of money on the table today. 20 handles down, 25 up- don't get many of those and I did not let the system work it properly.

You will miss a lot of short entries on the open due to the uptick rule.

$3263 net on 154,000 shares