I just don't see any hope from a company like that. My best bet is to go with a propshop like T3 which accepts pretty much everyone..
I agree with maverick. I am in Chicago too, have worked for a few trading firms, and dont know any that require someone to put up money. The 800 resumes for 2 positions is a bit steep (what firms was that for?). You definitely need a degree the more technical and more prestigious the better but there are a bunch of big10 guys around. Also I have never seen anyone manually speculate with charts thinking they can predict the future; thats only for the propaganda books. trading assistants