Herron,
Getting in to trading is very hard, but just wanted to say stick with it, keep practising and building up consistency. If you are going for junior positions a consistent track record will speak volumes, but most trainees wont have even traded before. Its more down to determination, i.e can you stomach 12 hour days on very little money constantly getting beaten up by the market and still come back the next day fresh and disciplined?
Without a degree you arent going to get into a bank/hedge fund im afraid. That doesnt mean you cant trade by any means, absolutely no correlation between degrees and trading success in my experience but these guys have an obligation to clients/board members etc etc to have ridiculously strict recruitment policies.
You should be looking at getting into a proprietary trading firm. There is a real mixture out there, some are churn and burn, they take on 30 juniors and kick one out each week until one is left standing, and more often than not that guy will fail too, but in the meantime the company has earned commissions off all those trainees. You want to find the firms that take on 5-6 people once or twice a year integrate the juniors into profitable teams where they are taught profitable strategies and worked with everyday.
Looks like you are from the US and I dont know of the firms out there, but if youre based in London PM me and i'll tell you which are the better firms.
