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    Advice for a student

    FSA exams arnt too hard I struggled with Regs but mainly because i couldnt be arsed. Good luck either way its very tough
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    FSA Unit 1

    You can just do the exam but wont be much use on its own. I have a complete set of Unit one books for sale cheap if you want them lol *ahem shameless plug*
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    Commodity trading Salaries

    Do you know that for a fact or just speculating I expected it to be about 24k just curious as I have an assessment centre there :D and should i be successful just wondered what i could expect. Cheers
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    Commodity trading Salaries

    As above how much do you get for working with the likes of Cargill, ADM Monsanto etc as a junior commodity trader. Thinking about a change from the role I do now as a broker.
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    Need SII certificate Unit 2 (Securities study material)

    Supergirl see my thread about stuff I have for sale if your interested.
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    Unit 1 ,2 and 8 Books for sale

    I currently have for sale: CISI Unit 1 FSA Regulation CISI Unit 1 FSA Regulation Pocket Prompt BPP FSA Regulation Practice Question Bank and Practice Examinations CISI Unit 2 Securities CISI Unit 2 Securities Official Q&A booklet BPP Securities Practice Question Bank and Practice Examinations...
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    Anyone else get stopped out on ETX Capital before non farms

    Aye I know that prehaps should edit the thread title, normally have fidessa but obviously not at work today so just found out what did it spike down to because i wasnt watching? But any thought on my question or advice?
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    Anyone else get stopped out on ETX Capital before non farms

    Another Newb question about stops Was Long with a trailing stoploss on Wallstreet today and just before the non farms came out shot right down and stopped me out. When you have big events like this coming out is it wise to move or amend the stop loss. Cheers
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    Career Advice what choice

    Nope def not a boiler room pretty much the reverse in fact which is kind of the problem and reasons why i dont see it going anywhere but you never know. Have to just wait and see. Block King my maths is pretty good got 80% for my final year stats and worked as a statistican for the govt. Can...
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    Market making firms - Comparison

    Well cant say much for it but good luck with Optiver if you pass their numerical tests your a better man than i because it was bloody impossible
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    Career Advice what choice

    Of course its the money that makes me want to move to London and the fact all my freinds live there and I love the city from when i was there, given i am currently on min wage and a temp contract with very little in the way of future earnings scope as its retail clients who deal infrequently at...
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    Career Advice what choice

    Long Story short graduated 2008 with an MSc in International Business and Economics not totally sure what i wanted to do but had an inkling for broking/market making. So spent few months applying for jobs and got sweet FA so ended up taking a job with the govt as an analyst, which was about as...
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    How big do you set your stop losses for the Indicies

    Yes Tomorton your right they are too small hence why im trying to look for the bigger swings etc so it means less time watching the screens and more time studying as well as all the other work i have to do. Im only in for £1 a point atm till i find my feet as theres no point throwing money away...
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    How big do you set your stop losses for the Indicies

    Cheers for the advice. Im still learning and developing a style only looking for 10 point moves really till i find my feet. I realise that in realative terms this is tiny so I have been keeping an eye on america via fidessa. Will head over to the FTSe thread and do some more reading because atm...
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    How big do you set your stop losses for the Indicies

    Mainly TRYING to sb on the FTSE 100 atm with a view to making quite a few trades in a day but just recently I have fallen foul of not setting my stop losses either high enough or low enough, now I havnt been stung by many points normally they stop out only 2-4 points to early so does anyone have...
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