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I'd love to trade them, but I don't know of any professional equity trading firms that offer them. I remember reading when they were introduced that they would be allowed in either an equities account or a futures account. What's the deal with that? Is anybody on this site arbing ssf's vs...

There are bond etf's that you can trade in an equities account. Not as liquid as the underlying bonds, but they follow them and pay income.

That is flat out wrong. It depends on your trading style. The leverage a prop firm will offer you is a huge advantage when used correctly on some longer term trading styles, like arbitrage. Also keep in mind the ability to compound your money faster when you can effectively use it in more...

Remember that pit traded contracts have the transactions recorded by clerks by hand. This data then goes out to the data vendors. So it's not unusual for there to be a slight delay between that and the electronically traded equivalent. I don't compare the bonds electronic vs. pit that...

Can anyone explain why Assent won't let you go back more than two months to view sheets? I mean SDS is some sort of data company and it's not like storage space is expensive. I needed to see some trade records from months ago and couldn't get access to them and getting someone from Assent...

"Freakin' Specialist! Eat shit you asshole!"

The 55 and 63 are only required at NASD member firms. Several of the bigger prop firms are members of an exchange and not NASD and the 7 is all you need. The 7 required more study time, but the 55 was harder. Nothing to the 63. I'm curious, how do the rates and leverage compare between the...

The Canadian dollar situation is bad for us traders too. A year ago when I pulled $10k in profits out of my USD account and transfered it to Canada, it was worth almost $16,000. Now that same amount gets me $12,800, a 20% pay cut.

When it comes to trading, you can do anything you want as long as you use stop losses.

I started a window cleaning company with an old truck, a ladder and a bucket. Cold-called building owners and knocked on doors to get work. After a few years I was making $3-400/day regularly. It's a good job, you can schedule your own hours, work out in the sunshine, and it's good exercise...

There was chatter this week about WM being a target, possibly of WFC.

Yeah, me. I'm under water to the tune of $2500 after a week and a half. Screw this horseshit, I'll stick to the easy money. Stat arb is too much like guessing to me.

Is there an index of some sort that tracks the spread of corporate bonds over treasuries? Is there a symbol you can put in esignal?

This subject has been covered before, but there is a new tax preparation company on this site and I'd like to hear their input on this subject. Are traders who are members of a US based LLC proprietary trading firm, and who receive a K1 form at year end, required to file a US tax return? I...

Yeah, those sound like a bunch of excuses that somebody who doesn't have what it takes to be a trader would use. Can a current swift trader with a shred of business accumen, a grasp of basic math and some drive to succeed explain why they are still there? If you are still learning and are...

You need to be sponsored by a firm to write the series 7 test. Decide who you're going to go with and they'll set the exam up for you. Buy the study material on ebay and write the exam at any Sylvan Learning Centre (there may be other proctors, I don't know). If you fail, you can re-write in...

It is still mind boggling how you guys stay at these firms when you can put 5 or 10 grand up at a US prop firm and get all the buying power you want at half a cent a share and keep 100% of your profits.

Welcome back. Great to see you've made a full recovery and are rarin' to go as a full time trader, you obviously have the skills it takes to make it.

Close esignal and delete the specs.tab file from the esignal folder. When you re-start, there will be decimals. Lame work around if you ask me.

No_pm used three methods to avoid trend days, and I do too. I don't try to anticipate trend days and skip setups as a result, I just take every signal that appears and let the historical stats take care of the bottom line. I've got enough confidence in this system now that a month ago I funded...