The article refers directly to the Chicago pits and how the smaller traders in there have struggled to compete with the resources and...
What futures markets do you trade?
Apparently by 2010,the small traders that are around will make up 10% of the market. 4 Trading Arcades near me have closed down this year,a lot...
If 90% of futures markets trades are executed by computerised programs by 2010 then the Exchanges will be in big trouble. This aggressive...
The way the article was written we've all got 2 years before we have to stop because we've lost it all!!
But surely scalping and trading off of charts are two different styles?This is where scalping the DAX presents more opportunities to lose...
What has the liquidity of the EuroStoxx got to do with my post? I've been pointing out the pitfalls of scalping DAX(and I could go on).There is...
Exactly.Any potential scalpers out there should read the thread 'Dax plunged 200+ ticks' .Handy if you've got a bid in which you'd be happy to...
Some have been trashed,most haven't been switched on.It's funny really,in the pits on busy days you would hear people saying'volatile day,did a...
The DAX will pick your pocket faster than a crack-addict in the Bronx.
Interesting.The models have finally filtered all their good work into driving down volumes.I can't say I'm too surprised,everyone I speak to is...
This is a good analogy.The funds running the models really are killing off the smaller traders,I hardly ever speak to anyone these days who has...
I can't really work out what's going wrong.The prices at the late close shouldn't be changed just before the next open,unless they're being...
Bund,Bobl and Schatz have their settlement price established at 17-15 CET.This is the price against which overnight positions are marked against...
Well done
Shouldn't your username be burger-flipper,as in your day-job? Some of the points here are vaild as real traders would know which is why you've...
I've no doubt they'll be back the sneaky b*stards. I was talking to a guy the other day,an ex-big hitter in the bonds who can't wait for them...
How things change in a week!Euribor,without the constant screwing around by allocation models(thanks dickiedickieg),which basically wait until the...
This is a good thread - how comes volumes are pretty much the same even though bund is bid/offered in 200 instead of 2000? Have human traders...
These quant funds/algo models/automated nuisances are finally getting caught out.Couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch of vultures.All they've...
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