Quote from steve.k.tang:
For the people who want a serious trading job here's my advice. You need solid programming skills, preferrably in C, Python or VB and strong excel skills. A passion for trading and programming skills will get u a job as a developer on the trading desk. This will help open your mind to trading ideas as well as properly test your strategies. Its hard to backtest using daily data when you want to trade intraday. Are trades stopped out before they become profitable? So do I have to trade intraday? You'll notice that many smaller firms don't have the risk limits to allow you to hold overnight. Hope that helps
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Don't forget small traders
More than 90% of small traders lose! They just lose!!