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made me smile PP. Exactly because you hit the nail on the head. The competition to get into prop houses is fierce. I know my friend who recruits gets dozens of cvs per day when they are not advertising. And when they occasionally do because they have a specific required the numbers hit the 100's

If you research you will find the ration of grad traders v non-grad traders (employed at major IB's) is 20 to 1. Bit like most top jobs really.

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Ok, But prop shops DO MAKE MONEY because and only because THEIR TRADERS MAKE MONEY. So you point is a little bit of a dead end unfortunately.

Please keep up to date ; that business model died out with the dinosaurs as did the "arcade". I do not think anyone is doing that, bums on seats stuff. ( If im wrong let me know).

seems a bit odd having an interview over the telephone, who is it with?

a simplistic answer: An "arcade" is somewhere where you pay to play. And you play with your own cash. A proprietary Trading House, is where you trade with the money of the house. Its 100% House money to begin with, but as you get more successful, you will find its more like a joint venture...

I am a QUANT I do not consider myself a retard - No, not me not one bit. My best mate Henry, he is also my teddy - he said I was a retard and it made me cry. My Mum thinks I am a QUANT RETARD too, but what the hell does she know anyway?

where do you find these people? how do you come across them in the first place?

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Teach people to be an Entrepreneur : it is possile I think. But you would need to be an appentice to other Entrepreneurs I would suggest. A university professor (assuming he is not an entrepreneur himself) would not possess the skills to teach the subject. Napoleon Hill mentioned somewhere that...

all of the ftse traders i know are making that in a month

yes it was a very good call by Futex. You have to read all the way to the end of the article to pick up on the point though!

check out some alternatives - the trouble with tca is they kinda make vague promises, but according to the threads i have read here, people seem to end up losing quite a lot of money ( in fact the £4000 they quote seems to be just the start of potential cost) There are some alternatives - please...

Unbelievable - I agree with GJ - Great Opportunity at a Prop Shop with Marking Making, and the guy wants to move (in my opinion) to a lesser postion with a bank. Jeez - Get real about life !