With futures you're capped at the 28% blended capital gains tax rate. If you start making serious bucks, this becomes a big deal. This becomes...
Don't trade the CBOT Two-years. Very low volume. Trade the Tens.
I really must admit two things: 1. I have quite a few trading books; but I can't recall much of anything that I've gleaned from them....
Hedge when necessary???? NEVER, EVER TURN A BAD SCALP INTO A SPREAD. Just get out and start over again. Recipe for disaster.
If you're an experienced producer, you have every right to be concerned about your deal. If you have a good track record, for a period of two or...
Tradesman on Page 5: Best damn post I've ever read on 'Elite'. Brilliant observation. ShoeShineBoy on Page 5: Idiotic observation. I've...
I got into a shoving match in the bond pit. But it was about a spot to stand in, and not my trading. That would be termed 'violent'. I won the...
They are too busy spending the male trader's money. That means they are smarter than we are.
Why not a Bear Put or Bear Call Spread? That takes alot of the time decay element out of the equation and it is cheaper to put on because you are...
You guys say that you can get reliable reads on complex multiple candle patterns on 1 and 2 minute charts? No way, no how on a consistent basis...
What should we expect the world's largest bond fund manager to say, sell bonds and buy stocks?
Just think about baseball.
Please study up on the concept of "Fair Value" and terminate this thread accordingly.
Candle patterns are not reliable for short-term trading timeframes. I do like the visual info versus a hi/lo/close bar, however.
I knew a guy who earned the M.S. from IIT in Financial Engineering. He was right, and the market was wrong. Saw him blow out. Twice.
I sold stocks and bought bonds a year ago. Covered it ten minutes later.
Chip Kenyon traded 75,000 Bond contracts in the pit the day the Treasury said they were going to stop issuing 30 year paper (last fall).
No. This is not a routine cost of doing business. That's Bullshit. If that's the way IB does business, then walk. What happens when you work...
Yeah, all of this is truly outrageous bullshit. My TT front-end gives me a confirmed fill back directly from the exchange. If I have a problem...
There's a "market range" in the Eurex. I know a guy who made $20K last week on a EuroStoxx50 trade. Bought 200 contracts way off the marrket....
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