[mrbaseball]

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So for a COMPLETE newb, what can I do now to prepare for this moment?

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It depends? Keep reading and learning. I come from a market maker environment. There are lots of other "kinds" of trading. If you want to be a market maker I would learn everything I could about options and option volatility because I believe the best oppotunities in market making are presently in the options markets.

Sorry I can't offer more advice but it really depends on what kind of trading. An options market maker is different from a futures market maker and futures spreaders are different from futures scalpers and all of these are a universe away from bank trading or hedge fund trading. Fundamental traders and technical traders are very different as well. And there are all sorts of different arbitrage. It really depends?