Something I like to remember from time to time is the 4 stages of progression in learning & application. Unconscious Ignorance - you don't know...
update if you are interested. April 8th 2009 ... North American Corporate CDS are now standardized as either trading 100,500 bps upfront...
I do. but I am salaried, and am not trading my own money. I'd say it's best to find a job in the field and watch pro's do it and practice with...
A lot of the people here seems to day trade. Are there any buy/sell-and-hold folks here...meaning you roll at least once or twice on a single...
I'm not quite sure what you mean but... If you want to trade 10-years and you don't want more than 2:1 leverage overnight you need at least 50K...
128 is gloomiest outlook, 122 is best case scenario. Not my viewpoint, but traders at my firm. Again for early fall - early winter time frame....
Vanilla swaps include implied 3M reset rates. Best not to go past 2 year strip when comparing to swaps, as liquidity drops off.
Institutional investors are rolling their positions. This normally happens 2-3 weeks before expiry. There is no exact timing. It's best to roll...
Folks at my firm are betting 122 - 128
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