Many Day Traders choose to work from their own home, rather than in the office of a trading firm, after reviewing the pros and cons. This may be possible once a trader has had enough experience, with a positive proven track record. Some family circumstances might be dictating the choice, but whatever the reason, there are advantages and benefits to both arrangements. If you know what they are up front, you can prepare and set yourself up for success. The greatest advantage of working from home is flexibility. Flexibility to be available to care for family, sick loved ones, or maybe you are pursuing your own dreams in between some down time. Just recognize flexibility for what it is, the availability to be there for family when you need to, but it is also an opportunity to slip into comfortable habits that could cause you to miss out on important market activity. Flexibility must be managed so that distractions do not cut into your working time. Working from home requires discipline, and especially in the field of Day Trading. Home traders must be paying attention and ready to go when the market gets into the swing of first morning trades. The market moves pretty fast, some days more than others, and you are likely to miss something important if you walk away at an inopportune time. This is where being surrounded by colleagues watching the market with you is beneficial. When in the office and surrounded by experienced traders, you get multiple views of the market which allows you to share opinions with other traders, collaborate and gain confidence in your trades. What all of this boils down to is that the home Day Trader must possess certain personal characteristics of a strong work ethic and self-motivation in order to trade from home with high performance results. Focus on your task at hand is imperative for successful trading, multi-tasking personal tasks while trading is not recommended. For the experienced Day Trader, working from home is achievable when self-motivation and discipline are applied to a focused, proven strategy. Success is much more achievable with the backing of a reputable trading firm, such as Great Point Capital. Great Point Capital, LLC, offers all of the same benefits to our remotely located traders as we do for those working in-house. You’ll be trading with bigger buying power, enjoying aggressive payout structures, and join a team of the best traders in the business. With our two national locations, we are positioned to trade with you on site from either one of our modern offices or remotely from any location. Contact Great Point Capital, LLC today, in either our Chicago Office, or our Austin Office, to learn more about how we can successfully trade together with high performance results.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission gave the approval earlier this year, in June, 2016, for IEX to be approved as the thirteenth stock exchange in the United States. IEX began trading as an (ATS), an Alternative Trading System in October, 2013, and employs the same time delay technology as an exchange, that it practiced as a dark pool. IEX offers a transparent market environment to Day Traders, who have historically been at the mercy of HFT’s front-running their orders.
Several HFT firms operating with surreptitious algorithms have the advantage of seeing orders from other traders seconds or even micro-seconds prior to the SIP (Securities Information Processor) being able to process them. They accomplish this by installing and utilizing high-speed fiber optic cables directly linked to certain stock exchanges. This gives those HFT’s the ability to snatch up other buyers’ orders just in time to re-sell to the original buyer at even a very slightly higher price, thus altering the NBBO (National Best Bid and Offer). The founders of IEX, The Investors Exchange, Brad Katsuyama, and Ronan Ryan, developed a system to counteract this all to common practice by installing a 38-mile fiber optic cable for processing their orders. This creates a 350-microsecond delay in the arrival and departure of orders, which may seem miniscule, it is just enough time to allow traders to complete their orders without fear of a predatory algorithm from an HFT blocking the confirmation. They also do not allow trading firms to co-locate equipment adjacent to their servers, creating a level playing field for all. This “speed bump” gives day traders, and even other HFT’s , the peace of mind in knowing they are not falling prey to the exploitive software that is all to prevalent in other exchanges. Most day traders agree, they can breathe a little easier making trades on IEX. Great Point Capital, LLC offers buying power, access to Takion software platform with excellent IT support, and the benefits of working with an experienced team. We are pleased to currently trade approximately 10% of our volume on IEX, the Investors Exchange. |
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