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307000 Euros=240000$ ??? Do you know we are not in october 2000 anymore ? :D

As an average trader , I bet you'll make near 0% less trading costs (spread, fees and so on...) , but this is only pure speculation :D

Well of course if you show me a way to earn (with no risk) more than the interests and fees paid to borrow the money , I'll try to borrow even billions if I can ... :D But my first intention was simply to find anything better than Tbonds or "retirement plan" :)

What is the best yearly return one could achieve with (almost) zero risk assets ? For example does any country offers high interest rates on cash,bonds,Tbill, whatever and at the same time allows to open an account using your home currency (to avoid exchange risk) ? What are also the...

Never seen anything similar on the web ... www.xrof.com The performance of this guy is modest but the possibility to lurk in real time a real account is funny :D The faq says he is looking for wealthy contacts ... I'm affraid this will only remain a dream but nice try ... :cool:

Always a video game in the end, only the speed of the bucks flying out of the average trader pockets changes :D

Well in the end isn't the most important argument for some traders to be members of a "team", a "club", whatever ... ? :) It's just like paying a big annual fee for a reserved seat in a stadium ... :cool: I'm mostly an hermit ... so this is not for me :D

Well thanks guys ! Ok now I have a clearer picture of what prop firm trading is about ... :D Except the leverage and perhaps faster connections (but did anyone here make a real comparison ?) I really don't see how they can compete with well known retails firms for moderate day traders...

Well no one can answer those questions ? No even an example of trade cost (exact amounts) at the firm you are trading ? Even a daytrade (but this hides overnight fees).. Are those fees so outrageous that no one want's to reveal them ? :D

Those are newbie questions but even if I traded stocks and forex during several years, I don't know much about prop firms :) Can someone tell me what would be the total cost (with and without using leverage) for this trade at a competitive prop firm: - buy 1000 shares at $50 - resell 5...

Peak to valley is ok, but I wonder if all hedge funds report their maxdd with this method :)

This raises a new question :D If you have several DD in a row (several consecutive months with negative return) , is the maxdd the cumulative dd or the max of each individual monthly dd ? :)

Thanks for your answer. One month between each snapshot is not very accurate (maxdd minimized) but if open trades are included this is at least not misleading. This explains also why someone who wants to become a portfolio/fund manager must have a very long track record ... :D

Just a question concerning the maxdrawdown, what kind of maxdd is used by real fund managers when reporting performance : maxdd computed on a closed trade basis only or taking into account the maximum adverse excursion of open trades (and if this is the case what is the minimum time frame used...

"Collaborative Work and Wealth redistribution" ... Those magic words always made me switch instantly from "skilled hardworker" mode to "braindead sucker" mode. :D