its not totally the same on the screen but its the same concepts. Your trying to see what paper is actually doing and be on the right side, you...
my opinion, after seeing it in action? if you are one of the few that can do it, DO IT. Its a big game to these guys and every point they score...
I'm not pabst but maybe i could help a bit. QUOTE]Quote from trader89: If I am correct, Pabst, you have worked a couple of years...
from what I understand, before, alot of locals, even bigger guys didn't really have to get a seat if they weren't trading the volume. ED guys had...
there are real traders that either one of, seriously 1/1millionth of a percent, that get it and can trade as a career alone. Who knows how they...
never traded ED on the floor but am clerking/trading for a group that is probably one of the more well known in that product.
thinking back into my memory more....it has to be packs/bundles, because if its just a spread or a fly, the prices cleared are gonna end up being...
Jim hit the nail on the head, or pretty close....i think the packs/bundles may have more of a hand in it. I'm not sure exactly of how its...
I have a close family member who's been a pretty big local for a long time at CME, and my backers are all floor guys that successfully made the...
If you were in the currencies we defintley know some of the same people
Def. don't use a market order w/ a pit traded comdt under any circumstances. An old trick alot of brokers/locals use is to go 'half and half' on...
I yell and get pissed, only when I make a mistake, i.e. getting out too early...if the market does something crazy, I'm def. alot less pissed than...
Its not something you can get unless your a local, these markets are different because they are still mainly pit traded, not on the screens, its a...
I can't tell if your being sarcastic or not. I wasn't watching volume but 10 yr was fucking volitile when he spoke...bloomberg reported first w/...
really, really tough trade in any interest rate products these last two weeks, and last two trading days specifically.
are you guys trading cattle from the screen w/o any pit connections? If so I'd be careful. If you have somebody (i.e. trading partner) in the...
Is that Lincoln Park? I live there, not too close to the zoo though, off racine and fullerton. I'll have to check out the lions next time I'm...
If I was back trading the spoos my answer would be different....but as it is now FuturesTrader for sure, I'd love to trade with that guy. I think...
I'd say about 60% at least of the guys in my last office listened to music when the market was slow (afternoons, etc) or whenever....now only...
number had to be leaked or somebody took a huge bet and made out, exactly half the move of the whole day in my product happened in the 10 sec's...
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