desk fees

[pelzar]

How much are everybody's desk fees on here? I went to see a firm today and it was about £2000 all in!

 

[arabianights]

To be honest a lot of people are not allowed to say on t'internet due to their contracts but £2k is slightly high, £1k is lower than I've heard of, have heard of £2.5k before, so that should get you an idea 🙂

Also different places you get different things for you money. We get a shared phone between every two of us (not that either of us on our phone use it, in fact I'm not even sure how to) some places will charge, there's different software at each place included in the fee or not, you may or may not have to pay extra for more screens, nicer chairs etc etc... basically everything is negotiable.

 

[PualoP]

I'd say £1,500 to £1,750 is a very ruff average for city prop shops but what you actually get for that can vary wildly...

On charting, one firm once offered me a CQG box and 4 monitors for £400, whilst a now defunt firm offered me 2 monitors and a %50 share of a CGQ box for £400.

What did you get for £2,000?

 

[pelzar]

A pc with 3 screens, phone, squwak, TT and access to three exchanges!

 

[arabianights]

are you getting any special deals on reuters/bloomie?

 

[pelzar]

yeah theyre included!

 

[MrGecko]

yeah theyre included!

for 2k I think they can only be slave screens...

STA had on their website a cost list, but I think they've taken it down now.

 

[everyonerich]

best arcade is inside the central bank computer server room, and your trading pc is connected over Local Area Network.

 

[foredog]

best arcade is inside the central bank computer server room, and your trading pc is connected over Local Area Network.

Best arcade is in Southend!

 

[PualoP]

It's not about futures anymore anyway. Scalping the 3:30 at Doncaster is where all the money is:

canary wharf sports exchange - in-running live sports betting in london's largest executive trading exchange situated in canary wharf

Desk fees £25 per day (includes Racing Post)

 

[everyonerich]

Wtf? What central bank are you talking about? And how would this be any good?

err..depend on what market want to trade first.

 

[everyonerich]

Best arcade is in Southend!

whats the arcade name? im not in UK

 

[noshoulders]

whats the arcade name? im not in UK

:jester:

 

[everyonerich]

:jester:

this arcade is more fun..

 

[everyonerich]

err....you're talking out your **** again. Do you really think that the central bank has much to do with that side of things? In the short term?

I can see it now - you apply for a job as a janitor at the bank of England, somehow get yourself set up with a laptop and a WiFi connection in the broom cupboard, then wonder why it hasn't made your 1 minute scalping trades on FTSE stocks resemble Georgie Soros on speed. 😉

oh.. i dont trade any stock market. youre thinking too much