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Take the cash and invest it. Show your parents you actually learned something at school. :0

IMHO....you are focused on the wrong side of the business. You should focus on the revenue side of the equation. How are you going to make money? What style of trading will you employ? Will they offer you training? Do the guys that train actually make money? Will they teach you how to...

What do you like about them? If you had to narrow it down to one or two important things?

I said your assumptions were wrong....and they are. First, the assumption that you'll make money in the market is flawed. Timing of investments is critical as well. There are many who don't. (A few years ago everyone was saying just buy GE...you get excess return with equal market risk...

This may be true in the short run, but rents do tend to rise over time. Eventually, the renter will be paying much more than the owner, and after 30 years, the owner pay's no more rent, while the renter is stuck with that recurring monthly bill. (Rent control areas exluded)

You're numbers are not even close to being right. Your investment assumptions are completely off. Typically, 20k is invested up front, then the property is paid off over 30 years. Second, your property is a leveraged investment itself, which may appreciate less than the S&P, the difference is...

Now compare that from a renters perspective, and it looks quite a bit better. When you rent, that money is completely gone.

Now compare that from a renters perspective, and it looks quite a bit better.

That is called business....you want risk free returns put your money in T-bills. If you want excess returns, you take risk. Youre only edge is you should choose to put your money with a proven professional....that alone is no guarantee of returns....so you should take one more step....spread...

You have got to be kidding me.....I assume the risk, do all the work, and share the profits....sounds like a real winner to me.

Sweet! Looks really cool!

The best way to identify a top or bottom in any market is usually when I cover! :)

How about another thread....the questionable value of your posts!

No doubt she leaked the information to her hedge fund hubby, who pounded the market 5 points prior to the news breaking.

Wifey.....you have got to get electric to start pushing his edge and start trading as a business, not as a hobby. He has done the work, is passionate, and probably has a good edge, but to trade microscopic amounts of capital is far too conservative of an approach. If he is making money, and...

Well...If you lose more than your account the firm will likely assist you with closing out your positions. Bad days do happen. My worst day on Opening orders was a loss of around 30k. I expect them to happen once every year to year and half. You can expect to have periods where you don't make...

What's in the picture on the wall that you don't want to share?

That's not an opening order, just a straight momentum play, Volatility Breakout, or any of a number of different names. What kind of play it is doesn't really matter....the fact that you're making money does. Nice trade!

You're absolutely right...It's not worth it! Some of us who don't have anything better to do with our time just view it as a hobby. :)

This thread really exemplifies what ET is all about....a bunch of wanna be, never will be traders who get there jollies out of kicking a man when he's down. It takes stones to put your trades out there for the world to see. I don't see any of the naysayers on here posting or contributing...