Pure…not to pick on you… but something tells me that the fact you are even really asking this question tells more bout your mentality towards trading… that you don’t actually in your heart see it as a business that needs to be confronted by developing a business plan, lots of experimentation using the scientific method, and basing your rules on empirical evidence.
Your thinking “free money!” This is just not the mentality taht will get you where you want.
I’m sure there are forums out there for coupon cutting, rebate getting, and “bonus incentive capturing” visitors.
But this is a trading forum, and you likely won’t wint much of that around here. I’m not saying this to you to belittle you PM…quite the contrary. I’m saying this to push you to understand your motivations, and therefore make better decisions both for your trading future, and your life in general.
I may be wrong here…but I get the feeling you haven’t ever stepped back… and said “you know… i’m going to treat my trading like a business. I will set a goal of 3 - 5 years to be able to do this full time. I will write up a business plan, and write a half page or a full page analysis on every trade I take. I will then review every losing trade, to see any reasons possible for that trade to have lost. I will do this every day… etc…etc.”
What you would find is that you would have probably 2-4 hours of work in front of you, every day… just to click “buy” or “sell”.
You would know in your heart you are working hard today…now…to develop your business. you will also know that like most businesses, you can EXPECT to lose money until you build it big enough… (or in this case… have enough rules in your plan to guide your actions to constant success)
You see…if you did it this way, with a written business plan for your trading business, the question of receiving a few free dollars from a trading broker would actually seem… meaningless.
Of course, like any good businessman, you would take the money if it happened to be offered by the right broker, but in accordance to your business plan…it would have to be a broker that offered you the lowest spread, had the best reputation for payouts, did not requote (or almost never), and one that would best suit your needs to grow your business now, and in the future.
You might also want to see if that broker holds any sort of bond or has any assurances that they won’t go under or act in some unethical manner with your bankroll…as you will be in many ways…trusting them to hold your business capital on a day to day basis.
You would want a broker that paid out quick, and deposited quick…as the longer it takes deposits to process, the longer it will keep you from reaching your goals.
You know…the goals in your plan that outline the ROI you expect each month in terms of both dollars and percentage…and the rules in your plan that when followed on a day to day basis, will put you on track to hit those goals every week.
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So you see… this is where you should be thinking. If you are not, feel free to deposit with whatever broker gives you the highest pay out.
That way, I can be sure to get a cut of their money as well as yours.
Jay
P.S. Oh… and whats really cool is to “make 6 - 7 figures a year trading”, not “getting free bonuses with ease”… but there
you have it… “pretty cool… with ease…” That’s what you said. And thats why I will take your money. Trading is hard work, and you want “pretty cool… with ease”.