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Posted by Krypton on Feb-25-2008 23:09:

Does this job sound legit?

From Craiglist. I'm tired of $9/hr bullshit.

quote:
Equity Trader

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Date: 2008-02-25, 12:52PM EST

We are currently looking for both EXPERIENCED and NON-EXPERIENCED traders to join our firm. We are hiring traders to join one of our offices or to trade remote.

For NON-EXPERIENCED traders:

We will be running a training course via live web-conferences for those who qualify. Our trading strategies consist of intra-day trades based on momentum, technical analysis, tape reading and volume analysis. The training course will begin in April and space is limited. For those who are seriously interested, please apply promptly.

For EXPERIENCED traders:

We offer the latest in dependable and timely trading technologies. In addition to low execution costs and exceptional customer service, we also offer access to the firm�s capital.

Benefits of joining our group include:

- Access to firm�s capital
- 100% Payout
- Remote Trading
- No license required
- Full ECN pass-through
- Platinum Certified trading platform
- Direct access trading
- Team-oriented environment
- Coming soon: Trading seminars to increase your skill

We are hiring traders to join one of our offices or trading remote.

Location: remote
Compensation: 100% payout
Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
Please, no phone calls about this job!
Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

PostingID: 586250808

Posted by Psiweaver on Feb-25-2008 23:19:

Not terribly no. Though you pretty much work for free until you make them money.

Posted by Lilith on Feb-25-2008 23:20:

Least he keeps his clothes on I suppose.

Posted by Silky Johnson on Feb-25-2008 23:21:

It's probably telemarketing, lol.

Posted by bas on Feb-25-2008 23:30:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie
It's probably telemarketing, lol.

I was just about to say that.

Posted by Ian on Feb-25-2008 23:38:

it depends. do you mean legit, or *nudge* "Legit"

Posted by Lira on Feb-25-2008 23:39:

Re: Does this job sound legit?

quote:
Originally posted by Krypton
Please, no phone calls about this job!

Posted by Ygrene on Feb-25-2008 23:47:

Only way to find out is to offer him great financial gain from Nigeria.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Feb-25-2008 23:59:

ever seen boiler room?

Posted by Krypton on Feb-26-2008 00:12:

I'de love to trade, but this "company" makes it so easy for just any average Joe off the internet to become a trader just like that. I know that really, legit firms usually require a bachelor's degree, and/or, a license to buy/sell stock equity. Just like the Real estate agents, employed sellers of stock equities must be licensed. This listing is also on Craigslist, which further makes me wonder if this is legit...

What do they have to gain? You think they would ask for money at some point in the process, thinking I'm that stupid to give money to my interviewer!~

Posted by Silky Johnson on Feb-26-2008 00:16:

You're wrong. I'm pretty sure you don't need a degree to be a telemarketer.

Posted by Frenchie on Feb-26-2008 00:22:

If you can't figure out if a job posting is legit, you probably don't deserve it.

Posted by Ygrene on Feb-26-2008 00:23:

There should be a job that determines if other jobs are legit.

Posted by Lilith on Feb-26-2008 00:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Krypton
What do they have to gain?

Get a whole bunch of monkeys to basically buy up on cheap stocks that they bought for 2cents, pump sales into the market until they get to about 10cents and punch out with a profit before every mom-pop investor figures out it's a crock.

not that I know anything about being dodgy, I'm a little angel

Posted by glass on Feb-26-2008 00:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
There should be a job that determines if other jobs are legit.

2LEGIT2QUIT!

Hammertime!

Posted by iammesol on Feb-26-2008 00:57:

quote:
Originally posted by Ygrene
There should be a job that determines if other jobs are legit.

Tricia equal numba wan candeedate!

Posted by julien2 on Feb-26-2008 01:15:

If its too good to be true, it probably is.

Go back to school. Get a degree, and earn money

Posted by idoru on Feb-26-2008 01:16:

We wont know if it's legit until we know if Ron Paul supports it or not.

Posted by sean5 on Feb-27-2008 22:19:

yeah it could be legit man. you actually don't need to know anything to be a trader which i didn't know until i met some kid at school who didn't have a degree and was working on wall st. also i know of a friend who got a job handing out some fliers for movies which at first sounded shady, but was paid around 400 every two weeks. would be worth a shot is all i'm saying

*edit the movie fliers job was a reference to shady jobs on craigslist being legit.

Posted by Krypton on Feb-27-2008 23:07:

I was asking because I've heard Craigslist can be kind of shady. . .

Posted by Capitalizt on Feb-28-2008 00:08:

It couldnt hurt to try...Go for it. If they ask you to pay anything however, it's a scam.