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Think cos in prime broker, they follow Reg T off real notional $'s deposited.

depends on size vs. liquidity. portfolio managers scale in and out cos it's simply too difficult to buy or sell 1 million shares of xyz at once.

scaling out depends on where the stock is, ur timeframe, your position size vs. liquidity of the stock. ultimately, size is the most important. if take 80,000 shares of xyz, it's far superior to scale out than dump all with 800 shares at the top. even if i caught 1/4 of the overall move, i'd...

or massive global recession..

annual global demand at 84.9 million barrels per day (mbd) which means over 31 billion barrels annually. This means consumption is now within 2 mbd of production. At any one time there are about 54 days of stock in the OECD system plus 37 days in emergency stockpiles. that's enough for 3...

oil prices are driven by demand. when hit $78, naturally demand diminished. when oil goes lower, demand increases cos consumer perceives it as cheap, thus driving prices higher. LT trend is for higher oil cos that threshold will always rise. If told someone 5 years ago that the consumer...

sounds like you need a girlfriend.

housing boom pt. 2

Depends on how big you want to get. HF's require that investors are accredited and minimum investments are usually $1 million. Majority of investors will NOT deposit his $1MM unless it is at legit prime broker, who won't even talk to you without $10MM up. I'd think you could set it up with...

No no no no. USO is a stock, it doesn't track the rollover premiums on the day of termination, but does track crude. In other words, when front month terminates to next month there usually is a premium of $1, but doesn't mean that during rollover, crude went up $1. The premium involves...

I'm looking to find a good energy futures prop firm. PM or list here regarding firm/location.

most people mortgage vs. cash.. therefore..... tho home prices may fall, rates are set to continue to rise on what could very well be a new inflationary cycle. if this is the case, unless you buy that same beach home in cash, u may end up paying the same or higher mortgage payments and end...

because it's nyc and you won't be able to find the equivalent apt renting at 3200 at a purchase price of $500k and plenty can't afford the downpayment. $500k in midtown gets u a small 500 sq. foot studio. @$900-$1000/sq foot, you're looking at nearly a million for an upscale 1000sq ft...

ok. before 9/11 rent was $2400 a month. They've risen 40-50% in 5 years.

thx for the post. but aren't most prop firms pooled money from traders, principals and financed cap from outside investors? the business of prop sounds similar to a hedge fund, since it's pooled monies to leverage a master account with a clearing arrangement. sounds like a hedge fund with...

aren't prop shops basically a prime account that's worked an agreement with a clearing firm? and then divide the leverage and subaccount to each of their prop traders? owners afford this via capital deposits from traders and expense the use of overnight leverage via interest costs (haircuts)...

I've seen prop firms offer upwards to 10MM overnight buying power with $1MM up. 10:1 at >90% takehome on profits. Why then do money managers take the route of opening a prime brokerage account and raise investor capital to keep a much lower profit split? (ie 1%+20%) If i wanted to run a...

XYZ Prop Trading, LLC Jan 1, 2000 - Present Conducted research and executed trades on the New York Stock Exchange resulting in profitability in 64 out of 68 months. Cumulative profitability during period: Gross Profits $7,800,000 Net Profits $5,200,000 How is this a resume killer?

think it's already baked in the cake. just my 2 cents.. this is all repetitive news. need something new, such as iranian oil embargo or hurricane. otherwise, rehashing same thing over past week or two.

longer term price trend of oil reflects demand. short term price spikes may be influenced by supply. demand is a function of consumption. the economy is softening (2.5%gdp vs. 3.0 consensus). Rate hikes take anywhere from 3-18 months to take effect. All these rate hikes will trickle down...