A note from the prop desk

BellaGeneral Comments

This African Proverb above presently sits on our whiteboard, just outside the trading bullpen, on our trading desk.  It encapsulates the advantage of trading at a proprietary trading firm, and helps us raise questions about what we want to be as a trader. Let me offer five examples from the desk this week to illustrate this point. 1. Trader A, … Read More

A Great Note I Received From One of My Mentoring Students

Seth FreudbergGeneral Comments, One Good Trade, Options Education, Seth Freudberg's Blogs, Trading PsychologyLeave a Comment

Seth – When I was in the military, I was assigned as the unit trainer (started with 70 soldiers).  To give a little more detail, I was a lieutenant in a patriot missile battery.  When we would train, it would be three different platoons in one confined area, all training toward one objective (getting our site, missile launchers, and engagement control … Read More