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Zero To One (Million): How A Nature Vs. Nurture Experiment Minted A Crop Of Millionaire Prop Traders
Monday, November 20, 2023 - 2:06pm | 745Which skills is a person born with, and which skills are learned? It's a question that's besieged historians, economists and all sorts of prognosticators. In some cases, it’s evident that nature plays a massive role in influencing outcomes. For example, you're far more likely to become a...
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3 Advantages Of Proprietary Trading
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 10:51am | 415Proprietary trading firms enable their traders to be successful by providing capital, tools and education. In an exclusive interview with Benzinga, Rob Friesen, president of proprietary trading firm Bright Trading, revealed advantages of prop trading versus retail trading. Regulation Two...
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Frequently Asked Questions: Day Trading, Prop Trading and Trading Strategies
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 3:58pm | 1625In the late 1990s, for the first time ever investors were presented with the concept of “online trading” where they can buy and sell any stock through their computer using an online brokerage account. Prior to this new phenomenon investors would have to place a phone call to their stock broker and...
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Will New Regulations Destroy the Prop Trading Industry?
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 4:41pm | 859Are prop traders in trouble? As many traders may remember, proprietary trading used to be a very profitable venture for investment banks and other Wall Street institutions. Nowadays, many proprietary trading operations are being run by independent traders, often working remotely from their own...