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arriam
 

Registered: Sep 2011
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09-24-11 12:28 PM

Do you still think such a trade is viable in this time? last night I saw gold falling more than $100 and Pt fell even more!

I also agree with you that on the grand scale, pt is going to be more expensive than gold, but do you think the pair trade can be entered now or it is better to wait for something like the 0.8 pt/au ratio to occur again.

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Ghost of Cutten
 

Registered: Aug 2009
Posts: 2633

 

09-24-11 08:06 PM

Given that the economic situation will probably get worse before it gets better, I'd wait a while before putting on this spread. I'd like to see what the ratio is once Greece defaults and markets (potentially) crash in October.

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arriam
 

Registered: Sep 2011
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09-25-11 06:04 AM


Quote from Ghost of Cutten:

Given that the economic situation will probably get worse before it gets better, I'd wait a while before putting on this spread. I'd like to see what the ratio is once Greece defaults and markets (potentially) crash in October.




Thx GoC, I was actually also reading ur threads the other day. I carried out this pair trade several times before the -70 spread happened last Friday, and my entry point was -24. I trade thru future, long 1 dec gold, and short 2 Jan pt. What I think I will do is to put more cash in account to cope with the potential -300 spread. I will probably exit the trade if the spread gets narrow next week.

What stop loss level would you say?

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