what's the topic? what to do when you get so big you can no longer trade like a normal human being? Or do you just want to know how the rich and famous live? If you want to know how to move large blocks of stock why don't you go over to the "dark pools" thread?
Largest Private Traders
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I want to know what sort of numbers are possible trading your own capital. Knowing how large the biggest traders are give me an idea. These arent limits ofc, records are always broken.
These guys aren't going around announcing themselves and those that personally knows them aren't talking about them...most likely because of some collaboration to help each other.
Yet, once in awhile, Bloomberg will talk about some top institutional trader or top fund manager that decides to quit and trade their own private account...I'm guessing they are most likely trading a 7 figure account.
Just as importantly, they don't want to bring any scrupulous eyes on what they are doing just in case they want to return back to what they were doing before becoming private. Also, haven't you been reading lately the Bloomberg news stories about those 7 figure traders (extremely successful) getting caught spoofing and other illegal things ?
All you need to know that they are large and they are out there...doesn't matter exactly who they are and the specific 7 figure capital they have nor the 7 figure profits they're making...you just need to know they exist and its 7 figures and trading markets that the typical retail trader doesn't trade.
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wow!!! "They" must be very secretive. Those of us that are just small traders will probably never know what is really out there beyond the fence. But I bet "they" are really very big!!!!These guys aren't going around announcing themselves and those that personally knows them aren't talking about them...most likely because of some collaboration to help each other.
Yet, once in awhile, Bloomberg will talk about some top institutional trader or top fund manager that decides to quit and trade their own private account...I'm guessing they are most likely trading a 7 figure account.
Just as importantly, they don't want to bring any scrupulous eyes on what they are doing just in case they want to return back to what they were doing before becoming private. Also, haven't you been reading lately the Bloomberg news stories about those 7 figure traders (extremely successful) getting caught spoofing and other illegal things ?
All you need to know that they are large and they are out there...doesn't matter exactly who they are and the specific 7 figure capital they have nor the 7 figure profits they're making...you just need to know they exist and its 7 figures and trading markets that the typical retail trader doesn't trade.
is this an excercise in trading or mental illness???
op: Hi! I'm a small trader. But before I start, I just want to know how big I can get????
They aren't that secretive considering you hear about them on Bloomberg and other serious professional trading publications. Seriously, just follow the world's top institutions, hedge funds as Bloomberg, Financial Times does and keep track of their top managers or partners that decide to go on their own...
My guess is that's what Bloomberg and Financial Times does...they stay up to date with news coming out of these firms. Heck, even top private traders getting hired by these firms are announced in financial news publications.
Yet, these traders on their own are not going around announcing themselves for publicity purposes...they really don't want to be known outside of their peer group. These folks also pop up as news stories in online publications that deal specifically to the professional trading industry like efinancialnews.com and similar like publications.
You'll quickly learn who they are and the commonalities. Once again, they're former institutional head traders or former top fund managers that decided to trade their own private account...those 7 figure accounts. They are well network and continue using it to their advantage for big profits.
I'm just curious what they're home office trading room looks like and if they have employees.
My guess is that's what Bloomberg and Financial Times does...they stay up to date with news coming out of these firms. Heck, even top private traders getting hired by these firms are announced in financial news publications.
Yet, these traders on their own are not going around announcing themselves for publicity purposes...they really don't want to be known outside of their peer group. These folks also pop up as news stories in online publications that deal specifically to the professional trading industry like efinancialnews.com and similar like publications.
You'll quickly learn who they are and the commonalities. Once again, they're former institutional head traders or former top fund managers that decided to trade their own private account...those 7 figure accounts. They are well network and continue using it to their advantage for big profits.
I'm just curious what they're home office trading room looks like and if they have employees.
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My partner keeps around $20 million in his IB account. Probably 1/3 of his worth.
When I worked for a medium sized FCM back in the early to mid 2000's when I got out of school most of the largest traders were around that same area $15-20 million. I think we had two guys over $100 million. Not sure what the business looks like now. I'm only talking about individual traders here, not any funds - etc.
When I worked for a medium sized FCM back in the early to mid 2000's when I got out of school most of the largest traders were around that same area $15-20 million. I think we had two guys over $100 million. Not sure what the business looks like now. I'm only talking about individual traders here, not any funds - etc.
LMFAO