Recent content by dr_sean

you really shouldn't have a problem getting in/out unless it's a limitup/dwn market / one of those kinds of moves in vol. you can always just hedge it aggressively if you do in fact find that you can't trade out of it...

Right, the position that inertia_trader mentions is not a call on the spread at all, it is an intra-market straddle. Think about it in vol terms: you can't trade a product that trades the spread and not the two underlying product. Not unless you could get somebody to list it for you. Who...

Well put. The point I've been trying to make--the point that greens HAS made--and the point that other posters (who I'd be willing to bet have never been a salaried trader) is that, save those who have access to an incredibly large amount of capital, and an incredibly professional technology...

of course there is a percentage but the point is, they pay a base salary, most important to new guys like those of us who've graduated college and don't want to fall flat on our faces as soon as we take our first job. But for anybody, a firm that pays a base is the better option. The...

Hmmm forum topic was "which prop firms offer a salary in u.s.?" not "differences between trading for yourself or trading for a firm."

you misspelled proprietary

here is a little working list of salary paying US firms (pretty much all options market makers) Spot Trading (prop trading pays a salary, upstairs) Jump Trading (prop trading pays a salary, upstairs) Infinium Capital (CBOE equity, index, CME financial & ag, on floor & upstairs) Wolverine (CBOE...

yes, competitive. good luck! :thumbsup:

Liquid is not smaller, Liquid is I believe the largest independent market maker in the European indexes. I'd check them out along with Mako. Liquid Capital Group - Home Mako Global

Interested in buffting's question too, is everybody here in the UK? They actually have a US division they are just getting started small right now but w/ the strength they have in Europe I doubt it stays that way for long. Any US guys around here?