Should I quit my job and trade for a living?

l2tradr · Mar 3, 2010

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TraderZones is the one with the "come hither" look.

...and the other 2 are his mom and his sister :eek:

BillySimas · Mar 3, 2010

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It is insulting and unproductive only to these people (in other words, they refuse to listen

Another obvious indication that you haven't read the whole thread. Loser.

failed_trad3r · Mar 3, 2010

Hey, 10k is too little to trade. You should have as much money as you plan on doing swingtrade with.

If you plan on trading 10 ES contract, you must be prepared to be able to hold overnight. Because when your 10 points loss then you will want to hold overnight with stop at breakeven. This means you need 100k. If you're not able to baghold, don't even try serious live trading, just playful live trading.

TraderTactics · Mar 3, 2010

I thought this has been asked before, but anyway. I don't really think it's advisable to quit your regular job and go full time trading. What if you lose everything in trading, you won't have any fall back if you don't have a job...

Trader666 · Mar 3, 2010

You'd be ET's expert on chimpanzee sexuality

Quote from stock piker:

the one with the "come hither" look.

stock piker · Mar 3, 2010

Quote from Trader666:

You'd be ET's expert on chimpanzee sexuality

Your attention is getting me all hot.

TraderZones · Mar 4, 2010

Quote from BillySimas:

Another obvious indication that you haven't read the whole thread. Loser.

You make less sense the more you say

Mr_RC · Sep 1, 2010

Quote from BillySimas:

I don't read technical analysis books anymore, I agree it's mumbo jumbo. I traded for a long time prior to working at the brokerage firm and yes my experience there has nothing to do with trading. Please read the whole thread before calling me naive, it's really annoying. You told me nothing I don't already know, I know what collective2 is and I probably have more screen time proportional to my age than you do.

So why are you even asking for advice then?

jinxu · Sep 1, 2010

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So why are you even asking for advice then?

Why are you responding to a thread that's 6 months old?

EquityGuy4321 · Sep 1, 2010

Why don't you try approaching the principals of the brokerage firm you work at for some trading capital? The worst they can say is no. Couple of suggestions for pitch:

1. You can use the signals as talking points to your existing clients. If they like the system and decide to trade using your signals, more bro $ for the firm.

2. A potential revenue stream diversifier for the firm even if it trades only firm capital. In addition, if existing clients decide they like it and want to perhaps fund you to go on your own, you can arrange a profit-sharing agreement with the firm, along with the additional commissions, of course.