Is the sole purpose of proprietary trading desks trading equities and futures and performing arbitrages based soley on profits which can be achieved better by a group of traders using firm’s money. How do these firms attract money and from particular who ? Corporations hedging their positions in commodity or currency ?

What is the cost and regulation to start a prop desk?

What would be a requirement for you to join a prop desk in Canada ?

I want to invest in my child’s future for college. Is the 529 Savings plan an investment of choice? Where do i start, and how should i decide what company/financial firm should i start with? Our Economy is in a recession, is this a good time? I want to contribute about $50-$100 monthly.

I would like to get into brokerage, and am currently going to start school to finish my B.A in finance. Am I headed in the correct direction? I am also interested in commodities and future securities. What is a recomeded degree program that will help me break into the lucrative field of brokerage and help me get into a good firm?

a. A large investment in risk-free assets
b. A low level of liquidity in the chosen investment instrument
c. A high level of volatility in the sales of the firm invested in
d. A high standard deviation in possible returns
e. A high level future investment opportunities

Having invested in stocks for quite sometime, I am thinking to get into the commodity trading world. As a beginner in futures and options on futures, I would like to seek advice on the names of brokerage firms for such investment. I wonder what are the most popular online commodity brokerage firms (like TDAmeritrade for stocks) for setting up “self-directed” accounts with reasonable commissions, fees and requirements for opening accounts. Many thanks.

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how would i do it and could this exempt my from margin calls if the future position went to far against me provided my put position still worked . also is there a good brookerage firm that could help me do this .

Something equivalent to E-trade or Schwab or Fidelity

Why do they do so when normally they have greater expertize than you-to guess the future drops? Is it that they do this ONLY when THEY don’t sense any future falls, and that-is-why they lend you cause it is you who are taking the risk and they will anyhow get their share of money even if you fail. In situations when they also sense the future fall, will they give you the shares then also, for short selling when they themselves can do the same for complete profit.

how would i do it and could this exempt my from margin calls if the future position went to far against me provided my put position still worked . also is there a good brookerage firm that could help me do this .