Post by ferrari458 on Feb 9, 2014 19:48:05 GMT
Hey there,
My goal is to trade Equity Index futures (eg. S&P500 E-minis) either at one of the big investment banks or at a hedge fund (the hedge fund would be prop trading). There is an info overload on the internet on trading methods and wanted to know from you guys which ones are actually used by institutional traders to figure out optimal price entry/exit points.
Have come across these methods, please let me know which ones you use so I can streamline my learning curve and not waste time learning about irrelevant stuff.
Methods:
Market/Volume Profile
Standard technical analysis (Chart patterns, moving averages, indicators)
Algorithmic based signals
Stats based trading
Anything I’ve missed?
Thanks for the help!
My goal is to trade Equity Index futures (eg. S&P500 E-minis) either at one of the big investment banks or at a hedge fund (the hedge fund would be prop trading). There is an info overload on the internet on trading methods and wanted to know from you guys which ones are actually used by institutional traders to figure out optimal price entry/exit points.
Have come across these methods, please let me know which ones you use so I can streamline my learning curve and not waste time learning about irrelevant stuff.
Methods:
Market/Volume Profile
Standard technical analysis (Chart patterns, moving averages, indicators)
Algorithmic based signals
Stats based trading
Anything I’ve missed?
Thanks for the help!
, although most traders and hedge funds will use them for either prop trading on the side or hedging purposes. I think it would be quite hard to sell a hedge fund that just prop trades broad based index futures. I would say stuff I do is Relative Value/finding misallocations between various similar assets.