tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336670.post885176056636040727..comments2024-03-13T03:24:01.167-04:00Comments on Marginalizing Morons: Wall Street 2 - Better Than The Original!CaptiousNuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440029537418230507noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336670.post-78153411875265611162010-10-18T18:59:48.201-04:002010-10-18T18:59:48.201-04:00Anon,
How do you define a Wall Street firm?
I...Anon,<br /><br />How do you define a Wall Street firm?<br /><br />I'm guessing you mean a *big* one.<br /><br />No I haven't worked for a big one.<br /><br />In 1995 I started trading options in the pit in Philly with a 5-7 person firm. After that I worked for one wealthy individual trader there. Next I formed my own broker dealership.<br /><br />Then I had major surgery on my back and was forced to leave the trading pit - but it was dying anyway due to multiple-listing and bid-ask spread compression.<br /><br />Around 9/11 I moved to NYC to chase a broad (my future first wife).<br /><br />There I continued to trade in varying degrees of *independence*, in affiliation with 3-4 other firms. One office was in mid-town. The others were downtown between the bull and the NYSE.<br /><br />In the pit I traded amongst 500+ other traders and intimately against every major *Wall Street*/hedgefund firm.<br /><br />My career has been slowing down gradually for years. Probably my peak roller coaster year was 1999 when I paid over 120k(?) in stock commisions (at only .02 a share)CaptiousNuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440029537418230507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336670.post-54630629141476412442010-10-18T17:04:45.458-04:002010-10-18T17:04:45.458-04:00I know you've been (still are?) a securities t...I know you've been (still are?) a securities trader working from home.<br />Have you actually _worked_ at any Wall St firms?<br /><br />Just curious ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336670.post-92176834364251886182010-10-18T01:41:42.126-04:002010-10-18T01:41:42.126-04:00Actually - http://www.pluggedin.com/ - which is my...Actually - http://www.pluggedin.com/ - which is my go-to site to decide if I want to watch a movie, gave it a positive review.Anne Galivanhttp://homeschooling911.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336670.post-90400026740152456432010-10-17T23:50:27.347-04:002010-10-17T23:50:27.347-04:00Did you see the movie?Did you see the movie?CaptiousNuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440029537418230507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336670.post-52911131290822282032010-10-17T23:49:48.626-04:002010-10-17T23:49:48.626-04:00Your least discerning comment ever...Your least discerning comment ever...CaptiousNuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440029537418230507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11336670.post-1836155138141787952010-10-17T23:43:53.926-04:002010-10-17T23:43:53.926-04:00Your most sarcastic post yet?Your most sarcastic post yet?Taylor Conanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270678440957992085noreply@blogger.com