SMB Capital reviews

4.1

70% would recommend to a friend

(64 total reviews)

Michael Bellafiore & Steven Spencer

80% approve of CEO

80% positive business outlook

SMB Capital has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 64 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The SMB Capital employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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64 reviews
5.0
Oct 13, 2018

Equities Trader

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

SMB / Kershner Trading Group (join venture) provides one with ALL the resources they need in order to be profitable. Capital, tech, mentorship, an environment where you can learn from 7 fig traders and the list goes on. I've been at the firm for almost 3 years and seen many come and go...in most cases people go simply because they didn't have the drive, correct mindset, and/or savings to sustain the learning period but never because the firm did not provide them with what they needed. Trading isn't easy, and if you join a firm thinking it is then you probably won't make it. There is only so much the firm can provide but at the end of the day it's up to the individual to go above and beyond if they truly want to be an elite trader. In my opinion there is no better prop firm to be at in nyc than smb /ktg.

Cons

No Cons, just a suggestion - Getting onto a team sooner and starting off with more size / risk would have been beneficial i believe, possibly would make it easier to size up down the line. With that being said once you are consistent the firm is super generous with size and capital.

5.0
Aug 29, 2018

Good company to learn trading

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good company to learn trading

Cons

I can’t say something bad about this company

2.0
Jul 6, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Growing firm in the day trading world. Some 7 figure traders with solid strategies. Some traders are consistently earning 6 figures month over month which is nice to learn from. Great use of KTG technology. (the parent company of SMB) KTG has really strong indicators and smart technology that allows you to trade rebalances and imbalances which most firms technology does not allow. KTG supplies all the capital and technology which is a big step up from the SMB tools, they sell to the general public. Firm is moving in the right direction as they are starting to hire more quants. The firm has a product called cloudquant that allows you to trade black boxes.

Cons

Splits are terrible compared to a lot of firms. Starts below 50/50 and max out at 70%. Training for younger traders has nothing to do with the firms main strategies so if you are new to the day trading world this will probably set you back 6 months until you join a team. Training seems outdated and partners who run the training are not profitable traders so its tough to listen too. Very spread firm from top to bottom. Success rate of new traders is lower than most firms but those that make it seems to make a higher return.

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