DislikedIf I owned a brokerage, I would make btc commission 100% because leveraged crypto is awful. $50 is a lot but I understand why someone would do that.Ignored
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prop firm new model - my trading journey 871 replies
Anyone trading with a Prop firm 2 replies
So I accepted a Prop Trading job in South Beach Miami 43 replies
DislikedIf I owned a brokerage, I would make btc commission 100% because leveraged crypto is awful. $50 is a lot but I understand why someone would do that.Ignored
Disliked{quote} It's probably a misconfiguration on the broker side. Let them know about it and they'll fix it if it's a misconfiguration.Ignored
Disliked{quote}Sounds reasonable, but perhaps it would be more fitting to hike margin, and make money on the spread? I'm thinking; if the costs are so prohibitive why offer it in the first place?Ignored
Disliked{quote} It is good you got a refund but refunding a few hundred is different and should be no problem if you used Paypal Problem could come if you get funded and try to get your profit split! I never had any real problem with Eightcap - did you see my post on Fundednext thread regarding possible that you are using too many indicators? Some indicators can slow or even freeze your platform.Ignored
DislikedMental illness definition: People who trade extremely well but are still looking for someone to toss them money and lay a whole bunch of rules on them and exploit their skills. A few around here I see. Dudes/Dudetts, all you need is the market. DahIgnored
Disliked{quote} Who are the people that trade extremely well? You mean the prop firms?Ignored
DislikedMental illness definition: People who trade extremely well but are still looking for someone to toss them money and lay a whole bunch of rules on them and exploit their skills. A few around here I see. Dudes/Dudetts, all you need is the market. DahIgnored
Disliked{quote} Mental illness definition: One who would prefer to trade his/her own money as opposed to paying $1,000 for a $200K account with 10 % DD, which would be 20K, or approximately 20 times your money, and a side benefit you get the original 1K back. What rules? Don't lose 10%?Every firm I trade with allows me to trade however I wish, is there a loss restriction? Of course. It is still 20 times the fee, which is refunded. There is nothing better than trading completely risk free with none of your own money at risk. You should try it sometime. Probably...Ignored
DislikedMental illness definition: People who trade extremely well but are still looking for someone to toss them money and lay a whole bunch of rules on them and exploit their skills. A few around here I see. Dudes/Dudetts, all you need is the market. DahIgnored
Disliked{quote} Mental illness definition: One who would prefer to trade his/her own money as opposed to paying $1,000 for a $200K account with 10 % DD, which would be 20K, or approximately 20 times your money, and a side benefit you get the original 1K back. What rules? Don't lose 10%?Every firm I trade with allows me to trade however I wish, is there a loss restriction? Of course. It is still 20 times the fee, which is refunded. There is nothing better than trading completely risk free with none of your own money at risk. You should try it sometime. Probably...Ignored
Disliked{quote}-We are all allowed to have our own opinions about things. But I would seriously like to hear your opinion about how trading your own money is better than trading completely risk-free? For most people that lack reasonable capital, I fail to see how your comment applies here. {quote}-Crypto is tricky. Not only do some brokers have different lot size specifications, but volume/liquidity can be very low on cryptocurrency. You also have the issue of exchange fees that have to be accounted for, which can be very high for cryptocurrency, especially...Ignored
Disliked{quote} ya ya whatever pipi. You haven't got anywhere trading for yourself or for your masters, so hush.Ignored
Disliked{quote}-We are all allowed to have our own opinions about things. But I would seriously like to hear your opinion about how trading your own money is better than trading completely risk-free? For most people that lack reasonable capital, I fail to see how your comment applies here. He's simply here for the argument. He has no valid points.Ignored
Disliked{quote} You have a point but from what I understand the prop firms pretty much set you up for failure in all ways possible to collect challenge fees, don't they?Ignored
Disliked{quote} Not clear on what you mean by set you up for failure. The rules are pretty straight forward....hit x% in x amount of time without losing x%. Some "shady" firms may have some things to try to trip you up....don't use those firms. If you do some research in this thread, you will find clear and concise info on which firms to use.Ignored
Disliked{quote}-We are all allowed to have our own opinions about things. But I would seriously like to hear your opinion about how trading your own money is better than trading completely risk-free? For most people that lack reasonable capital, I fail to see how your comment applies here. He's simply here for the argument. He has no valid points.Ignored