Recent content by Steakeater

What about just going long on a March WTi contract through a spread betting platform such as IG Index?

Ha, no a market making prop firm.

Has anyone any experience of Optiver based in Amsterdam?

One pip?? Is your spread not twice that at least?

What brokerage firm did you work for? Why not go back to that?

Do they just scalp a few pips out all day from them then?

Sorry, this might be a stupid question but what did you mean by that highlighted statement. What are STIRs? I only trade outright so I am a bit clueless in this regard.

Between the splits and the desk costs it must be very difficult to make money, if these guys were such good traders why would they bother with the hassle of training up loads of guys etc.?

So why not just trade your own account rather than pay thousands each month to sit in someone else's office to trade for yourself anyway?

Does anyone have any experience with this firm? How do you rate them?

Do prop firms make the most of their money from desk fees rather than actual trading?

What spreadbetting company do you use to do all that on MT4?

From all your mentoring and teaching which method/strategy would you say is the most successful style of trading?

By the sound of then if you have money you would be better to put it in a ftse tracker and get a real job! If the successful traders resort to teaching to make more money that says it all really!

I would have thought that a successful futures trader would make substantially more than 15% return since he is leveraged?