Yes, indeed. Arbitrage in general is very capital intensive. They participate in a lot of very similar trades to what LTCM was doing - just with...
No, they're just trading their own capital through in-house traders. The guy above me is on target - they do a lot of bond arb volume.
You'll never be better than the big institutions, simply because their costs are lower than yours - not to mention their better/faster information...
I'm an M&A guy myself :)
So what if you can only exchange at NAV with banks only once per day, you can duplicate it any time you want.
lol you guys are all so silly. a trade with real edge is one where you are taking advantage of a mispricing in the market which is usually gone in...
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Keep in mind that vols have been following over the past few years -- http://themarkettruth.blogspot.com/
I know quite a few people trading these spreads (FYT, FOB, etc.), I don't watch them myself. It's just like any other instrument, sometimes they...
Energy? Maybe soft commodities. Both of these sparked by perhaps uncontrollable future growth of chinese economy.
The problem is not knowing when to get out ;) The idiots want to make money too. -- http://themarkettruth.blogspot.com/
Kak dela. You're right, simply looking at size is a good way to lose money. Size that steps up and goes market is what moves markets...
Stocks with an excessively large naked short position (a short without an attempt at borrowing the stock) are put on this list by the SEC and...
Frankly, yes. You won't find edge in trying to predict general market behavior. The morning numbers are just one of many factors effecting...
Yes, sorry, I misread it as well. What we have been referring to is inter-commodity spreading :) -- http://themarkettruth.blogspot.com/
This wouldn't cross your mind in the IBanking industry as you're gambling with opm, but... what is your edge? It looks to me as though you have...
What commodity doesn't move at all? Unless you consider illiquid contracts which you can't trade in and out of anyways without giving up a load of...
Very few countries still use the gold standard, you could've stopped at the word "faith"
In my experience, it's not so much less contracts but whether you're trading round lots of 10/100 that can affect your fill speed/quality (no...
It's impossible to consistently predict, anything. -- http://themarkettruth.blogspot.com/
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