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Trade the Super Bowl - $50,000 Prize Pool on BallStreet
Hey Everyone - BallStreet is offering a $50,000 Super Bowl trading game, "The Market". It's totally free-to-play. No strings, just a live trading experience while you watch the game. There are few audience as well placed as WSO so we wanted to reach out about the giveaway. My background is in Fixed...
Day Trading Firms Canada
I searched around a lot but didn't find any relevant discussions on Day Trading firms in Canada. Anyone can provide good reliable firm names currently. I only know of DTTW and Alkaline Capital with whom I am already negotiating but apart from them any other good names
Which type of trading is best for beginners?
For beginners, swing trading is a definitive trading form since it requires some investment and can be executed even by the individuals who make some full-memories work, while as yet having incredible benefit potential. To give some point of view you might have the option to swing trade by investing...
Day Trading Discussion
Looking to talk daily trends and stock market speculation. I'm all for investing but love volatility too.
Getting into prop trading from a semi target school, 3.3 GPA?
Hi, this is my first post so any help is appreciated. I am a Junior at UW Madison and currently have a 3.3 GPA and am majoring in industrial engineering and Econ. I have been studying trading for two years now, and this summer (did not have a sophomore summer internship), I finally became...
Mentorship OR Internship - Day Trading.... Coming From Abroad !
Hello, I am an Intraday Trader in the Options segment for the past 10 years now, and, have excellent control/command over the trades that i perfrom with technical analysis and news along with handson skill that i developed by practical trading for such long. Now, I am visitng U.S. in August and want...
Sports Trading App
Hey - Has anyone seen or played this trading app that lets people trade win probability? Looks like they are running a market for the Super Bowl. Says it's in real time, heard some guys on our FX desk talking about it. BallStreet Trading Curious if anyone has played or traded their markets? Looks...
Institutional vs. Individual Investors [Opinion]
I often meet many individual investors who day trade as their 'jobs.' Many of them are/were university drop-outs or skipped university all-together. An undergraduate, more specifically finance, degree is accompanied by many life and formal/established technical/fundamental knowledge that these...
Institutional Trading VS Self Employed Trading Path
The problem with getting a job in "trading" at an institution is that the majority of jobs no longer exist. Unless you're talking about pursuing a career as an engineer for an HFT firm/big bank, the days of imagining your life as a young Bud Fox is dim. However, if you want to pursue a path as a...
Capitalizing on Short Term Equity Price Fluctuation Predictions
A lot of day trading activity goes into trying to predict short term fluctuations. However, wouldn't the Bid-Ask spread prevent making any profits on these short term fluctuations?(the spread on equities is often like over ten percent of the functions you can expect in a multi minute window.) I am a...
Practicing day trading just for fun
Hi everyone. I'm currently a sophomore in college that is very interested in fast paced trading environments. I'm wanting to start practicing day trading with some of these free software just for the sake of learning. My question is, for those of you who started day trading, how long did it take you...
Best Backteseting Platform
I have been playing around with some statistical arbitrage strategies, but have had some difficulty backtesting them. I have used Quantopian which appears to be my favorite so far, but I have also tried to use Oanda with a forex platform built in python with little success. What are some of your...
Thinking about quitting and being more independent
I'll make this quick, I am thinking about quitting and being an independent day trader but I also want to manage other people's money. I have all the required certifications, I am just curious if that other people do this as well and make a living out of it? I am talking about mainly focusing in...
Spoofing ( My first post!)
Trader Navinder Sarao was taken in by authorities yesterday after being accused of playing part in the 2010 'Flash Crash'. Based out of his West London home, he used a more sophisticated version of commercially available software which aided in his market manipulation. On the day of the Flash Crash,...
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Starting a business in UAE
Hi guys. After relocating to UAE last year from a recent controller position in Scandinavia, a former colleague and me are thinking about starting a trading firm in UAE. Does anyone know what requirements you need (e.g. concession, certifications etc.) ? My friend has run a private equity investment...
Morgan Stanley Labels QE3 a Flop, Asks for QE4
Last week I wrote about the danger of giving the markets more stimulus as the need for another round of quantitative easing screamed just one thing at me, dependency. And while we got the rush into equities that I like the rest of the world expected, we also got the slowdown once the sugar rush...
At a Life CrossRoad...PLEASE HELP!!!
Hi New Poster here dealing with a life crisis, hope someone can help. A little background about me- I'm turning 25 this year, spent some time in the Marines and now am about to graduate with a Finance Degree. I've wanted to be a trader/investor since Sophomore year of High school, this was 2004. I...
Trading through an ENTITY vs. setting up an INDIVIDUAL account on Interactive Brokers!?
First off, this isn't a question about prop- trading or being a hedge fund trader! I'm trading my own bananas.... (about to start actively trading my bananas). I'll be trading with about $30k. Does anyone have any experience day trading, and if so, any experience with setting up an entity to trade...
Looking for Interactive Brokers Experience!?!?
I just came into about $30k... I took a peak at Interactive Brokers application.... While I have $30k in cash right now, I only make $20k/year because I'm still in school. I'm worried about those bastards denying my application because of this. It should also be noted that my $20k/year is fixed...
Day-Trading
I am 20 years old, and have been trading for about 2 years. Skipped college to focus solely on trading and my results so far have been great. I am more of a day trader and usually make 5-10 trades a day. 90% of my system is based off of technical analysis. I notice around here that people rarely...
Best Daytrading Book
I've been successfully day- trading for a little while now, and would like to read up on new strategies/theory. Does anyone know of good books?
Day Trading Course on Wall Street
So here's the deal, I'm heading to NYC next week for a five day vacation and while looking on Groupon for good deals I bumped into this Day Trading course at Equity Trading Capital. The price seems pretty cheap ($39 for a 2 hour course) and i thought it would be fun to do this on a short trip to NYC...
Trader's Skillset?
As a day trader, what actual skills do you gain? I mean, what if you realize that you suck at trading? Are you screwed or what?
Global Access for Retail Brokerages
Is there a retail brokerage service that can give local currency stock / bond market access (i assume while charging some forex spread) on a global basis for an integrated retail platform? so if i wanted to buy bhp billiton shares in australian dollars or brazilian gov bonds in reais, i could open a...
Anyone with LES Trading?
I am just about to join LES Trading they are fairly new outfit in NY , has anyone had any experience trading with them? I met with them this week and they seem like a reputable group and was pleased with their offer. Any other traders with them and if so what has your experience been like trading at...
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stock trading demo
Hello all! Been reading these forums for a few weeks, and this is my very first post. I was watching shows like Wall Street Warriors, and in season 2 they had new recruits practicing on a stock day trading demo to simulate real life markets. Are there any trustworthy demo's out there for nontraders,...
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