This is driven by speculative capital, bidding the price up. Look at what the oil-producing nations have to say! If some big consumer, most...
This is one of the most interesting threads in ET. I think it's interesting to observe that there are practically no posts by futures traders...
What in fact makes market movements? "the physics of a living, breathing organism and the laws of nature" ? What about "They", the people who...
I would have written about the "Reflexivity" theory, but trade-ya beat me to it :-) The "newsnoise" transmitted via the mainstream media is...
Now that we're "on the roll" getting fixes :-) let me also mention a -trivial- UI issue with TWS workspace management: File -> Manage...
Yes, ER2 is totally detached from big-cap indices. I think the divergences started in early 2005. You can confirm it by looking at how...
omni, Will you posting trades in your journal (e.g. like Guy2's one about singles) or mainly MP analysis of ER2? Also, since you have a...
Google has unique technology and is years ahead of competition (Yahoo and Microsoft). Yahoo has had every chance to get its act together, but...
I'd be very interested in a side-by-side comparison between TT XTraderPro and other high-end DOME front-ends (Ninja, TradeMaven or Button). I...
Which markets (CME, CBOT, Eurex etc) do you trade via Ninja/PATS? What style (Scalping)? I'm asking because looking at Ninja's development...
A -minor- issue IB TWS developers may want to look into: In the case of multiple login names (users) trading the same (institutional) IB...
Well, Ninja supports PATS, but I've never used it myself for "real" trading (i.e. lots of orders, modifications, cancels etc). I would be very...
Here's what Stiglitz has to say in latest article in FT: There is a myth of mutual dependence: China needs to export goods to the US, which...
This is reply I just wrote in another thread: http://www.othernet.org/ Dozens of free rooms, with thousands of traders there. Markets include...
What about Ninja and Button? (unfortunately Button is IB-specific only, Ninja has IB/PATS/MBT) Both seem excellent for scalping to me.
IB, could you please clarify (either here or point me to some URL) something about submitting and cancelling GLOBEX orders afterhours (pre-market...
Is anyone following GaveKal's research closely and can offer can opinion? What are their credentials? I have studied some of their material in...
I'm not an expert on global macro hedge funds and how they place their bets, so maybe you -or anyone else familiar with the subject- could...
How can you tell? The COT in JPY futures shows record speculative shorts in CME's JPY/USD (futures and futures+options). It is reasonable to...
Baron, A few days ago, I copied an article from Hussman ( http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=52763 ), citing the original...
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