Hi qlai. This is the big secret that everybody doesn't understand. There are basically two things you need to know (at the very least). There is...
The answer to (1) is that there is no book for index spread orders on CME/CBOT. There is significant margin relief ~75% reduced margin. The...
I've got a suggestion. You go long a high beta index future and short a lower beta index future in dollar volatility adjusted ratio. Then you...
I'm using ESU9 GLOBEX USD NQU9 GLOBEX USD RTYU9 GLOBEX USD MYMU9 ECBOT USD ARE working. THANKS! I'm also gonna need the SPX RUT DJX NDX...
Hey guys I can't seem to load the mini dow contract ticker data into the excel dde spreadsheet. I tried GLOBEX ECBOT CBOT as the exchange and...
Basically, I meant immediate vol. Things like, shorts are about to cover; contracting range will occur at this level; this range and level are...
OK. I would tell you to go to http://www.market-topology.com/ and find stocks and etfs with low correlation. This does not help with futures so...
Anybody know what kind of margin requirements there are for something like ES or MES in an IRA with futures available? I read on IB's website it...
As far as I know, you are trading a basket to obtain risk off delta but reduce individual asset adverse price movement (counter trend movement to...
I'd rather lever the piss out of a spread using 95% negatively correlated instruments so that I can absorb risk and leg out into vol spikes. But...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-03-08/the-gazillion-dollar-standoff-over-two-high-frequency-trading-towers...
HFT is a race to the bottom. It's kind of like bitcoin mining. The market is becoming much more efficient across equity assets. When success or...
I stopped trading after I lost ~600 dollars in one stretch. I was scalping EUR/USD and GBP/USD with OANDA. At the time there was a lot of...
I'll give you a simple story. Saved up $10,000 and started trading FX. This was a series of compromises due to the usual suspects (underfunded,...
No. MNQZ is also called the Christmas contract by traders. It's not the same as the September contract. There is no exchange rule against...
Wow. The difference is arbitraged against dividend, financing rates and capital efficiency. This is a time spread (also known as a calendar or a...
The yield on 30 year is at a near all time low. 8/28/19 is the all time low on charts I'm seeing. I was referring to position trading if low is...
Is this bond rally going to continue into next week? Should we be looking to get short the 30 year?
Thanks guys. I'm actually starting to warm up to the idea of putting a few grand in the 401(k) if I can then roll it into a Self Directed IRA...
Listen, I am not trying to argue with you about which instrument is more liquid. I said that "there is not much ability to cross hedge" in cash fx...
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