Spreads are great. I make a living at it. Every day. Three kids, wife, house on the North Shore, all that crap. Swear to God. Used to be an...
I don't recall those guys spreading anything with respect to FCOJ futures. They just speculated on flat price. Poor analogy.
There's good money to be had spread trading futures. I'm referring to ALL futures - softs, metals, energies, equities, and capital markets. The...
Another way to do it is to buy convertibles, and sell premium against the imbedded option.
Eurex has an all-inclusive exchange fee for the Bund/Bobl/Schatz of 40 Euro-cents per round turn. Anything charged above that is vigorish, pure...
Bondtrader: Yeah, this guy runs a PC repair business in Glencoe, and is soliciting investors to buy the real estate he's currently leasing for...
Electronic trading is like candy or even worse crack cocaine. I wish I could get the rates I had when I was down on the floor. Eurex knows it...
In a choppy market it will crush you. Works much better with longer time frames.
I've been making money hand over fist for six weeks buying curve and early yesterday morning somebody came into Eurex and flushed the 2-yr Shatz....
Before everybody buys their puts on JPM, I'm not so sure their exposure is directional in the markets. I can tell you that by Valentine's day of...
I heard that failed breakouts killed off alot of those aquatic reptiles. Chop, chop, chop.
A few points from someone who makes a living trading these things: 1) The Eurodollar does not trade during the day electronically. 2)...
I'm looking for Maria's bottom - to hell with the market.
I have been participating in ET since the first of the year, and have come to the conclusion that day trading cash equities is so...
Futures have significant tax advantages for U.S. traders. I think that you will find that futures are also cheaper to trade on a commission...
Metoxx, I'm an engineer with an MBA by training. I think it's possible to think too much about the markets, and 'analysis leads to paralysis'....
Cartm: I usually enter orders in the book at or very near where the market is trading. Occasionally, I use the 'click' trade feature....
What a strange question, George. You must be having a temporary bout of amnesia. Remember, George, like the Quantum Fund, we directly clear a...
I use the TT software, but their autospreader product leaves alot to be desired, and is WAY, WAY overpriced. GL and Eccoware have better...
I know two guys who bought K-Mart and Enron a day or two before they were de-listed. Bottom fishing. Didn't work out. Total risk capital. A...
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