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I'm already in Spain, for example (Canary Islands), so moving to Barcelona is not a huge change for me. What I'm trying to understand is whether this is a deal of a lifetime for someone inexperienced like me.
Seems that this is sort of like running your own hedge fund, except you don't get paid money management fees and don't have to eat your losses.
This is http://www.swifttrade.com/index-prop.html. I did some googling and their risk management is very strict. Your start with, say, $15 to loose and if you did then you are done for the day. You can basically loose whatever you win on average and when you do you go home.
I'm assuming that developing a profitable high-frequency strategy takes at least a few months of research and you need to support yourself during that time, somehow, as there's no salary.
Seems that this is sort of like running your own hedge fund, except you don't get paid money management fees and don't have to eat your losses.
This is http://www.swifttrade.com/index-prop.html. I did some googling and their risk management is very strict. Your start with, say, $15 to loose and if you did then you are done for the day. You can basically loose whatever you win on average and when you do you go home.
I'm assuming that developing a profitable high-frequency strategy takes at least a few months of research and you need to support yourself during that time, somehow, as there's no salary.
Failure is not an option! 
Seriously, though, I won't have to "go back" to anything as I'm a freelance software developer with a flexible schedule.
Moving from sunny Tenerife to Barcelona in the winter is an entirely different matter.
Seriously, though, I won't have to "go back" to anything as I'm a freelance software developer with a flexible schedule.
Moving from sunny Tenerife to Barcelona in the winter is an entirely different matter.
you´ll be in good company in sant cugat. private media headquarters are located here as well. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=PRVT many people from barcelona prefer to live in sant cugat. it´s not like we are in the boonies of rural spain here.
edit: we are looking for creativity to design and implement money making strategies, not connectivity building to exchanges etc.
