I think I have that backwards, the MARGINS for spreads should be less than what they would be if you traded the contracts seperately, sorry. . ....
For spread trades you do not pay two full commissions for each leg. You pay one commission which should be quite a bit less. Check with your broker.
I have 3 friends who work the pit at MGX. From what I gather the vast majority of their trades are spreads. They are always looking for ways to...
I get more tips from watching the tape than I do from the price action on the chart. You can see past support and resistence on a price chart but...
Chart patterns can be important in finding high probablility trades. Dbl tops, dbl bottoms, head & shoulders, etc, etc. If a market has moved up...
Betting should be done at a casino.
I suspect shorting opportunities will be arriving at some point in beans. We have had a fairly steady climb up but I imagine it will be very...
From CBOT January soybeans made a new contract high today and a new all-time high for any January contract. Nearby futures moved to the highest...
Why not save us the trouble and sell us yours?
Any thoughts on how the Bird Flu outbreak might affect grain prices? http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqtKbIkzvlW4&refer=home...
Economic war with China. Yuan is pegged to the dollar. Trying to see who cries blinks first.
A friend of mine who grows corn & beans says the price of fertilizer has gone up quite a bit but has not shared any figures with me. He had...
I have a lot of respect for farmers (my dad was a dairy farmer in his younger years). Glad to see they are finally getting better prices for...
Farmers are still subject to the same fear and greed that the rest of us are subject to. They tend to always be bullish. Why would anyone who...
And a cheaper dollar makes it harder to export production jobs offshore.
What difference does it make? Just trade what you see.
I don't think water will be a problem for Vegas. There is a pretty good size lake behind the Hoover Dam. It would take several winters in a row...
Byte, I did not have much time to compare. Yours may well be better. My 19" View Sonic (only 3 years old) crapped out and I had to get one...
I just got a 24" Acer from Micro Center for $399. Mail-in rebate brings it down to $299. Can't go wrong. I think the rebate ends 10/28 tho....
He is rather skeptical where I have two other friends in the pit who are more optimistic. Still, a guy may be profitable for a few years and then...
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