so i have been meeting up with a friend of mine who is a very successful trader and it looks like we are almost definately going to start our own firm this summer. we are going to meet another time to plan things out and make sure we both really want the same things, then meeting 3 involves lawyers and setting everything up, likely signing an office space lease as early as by the end of march. our goal is to start with up to 10 employees, and train them to do what we do- i am a bond futures daytrader and he does more stocks / S&P trading. we already have 5 of the spots full of "for sures" 1 being my friend and 4 my buddy knows, but my cousin may join for a 6th leaving 4 spots left. is there any legitimate interest here, because if so we should set up a time to meet so i can figure out if i think you have a good shot at succeeding at this or if it would be a waste of both our times and my money. basically we'd be putting you in a position where if you are as good as my friend and i you coule easily be making well over 1m by your 3rd year. ok, i can give more details about what is going on later, but i think generally speaking it'd prolly be about 30k/yr + commission with no ceiling, likely have some benefits but we still haven't talked about it. trading is the greatest job you can possibly have, but it all boils down to who you learn from, it is hard to surpass your teacher... both my friend and i could be in the top 5 of this list if we wanted the recognition- i might do it in august so that recruiting is easier, my buddy says keeping a low profile is prolly more important- the whole blackrock deal don't need to draw to much attention to our industry or they might make laws so we don't make as much money train of thought