Recent Content by bottompicker

  1. The time has come to get long oil

    I really can't see that happening, neither do I see a sell-off to $40 either, I would predict that we trade between $48 and $78 for the rest of...
    Post by: bottompicker, May 8, 2009 in forum: Commodity Futures

  2. How did you start trading energy?

    I traded financial futures for years, then when the Oil markets got really busy and pushed up to $147 per barrel I had a dabble, turned out to be...
    Post by: bottompicker, May 6, 2009 in forum: Commodity Futures

  3. The Arms Race in High Frequency Trading

    If high frequency trading is the new big thing then why are all the volumes down ? It appears that they process the information and pump orders...
    Post by: bottompicker, May 3, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  4. The Jerks of Online Forums

    How ironic that you should start this thread.
    Post by: bottompicker, May 2, 2009 in forum: Chit Chat

  5. The Arms Race in High Frequency Trading

    Where did I say I was on the losing side? I've just had to adjust - find suitable markets for myself and adapt a style for today's modern markets....
    Post by: bottompicker, May 2, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  6. Anybody else short US 30 Bond

    Bund Future is FGBL Bund Option is OGBL GBL stands for 'Government Bond Long' (Remaining Term is 8.5 to 10.5 years) Hence GBM or Bobl...
    Post by: bottompicker, May 1, 2009 in forum: Financial Futures

  7. "Monkeys pick bottoms" Hugh Hendry defends shorting the USD

    This thread is a little confusing - he says very confidently : "I dare you to touch an equity today. Tell me you're making money on...
    Post by: bottompicker, Apr 30, 2009 in forum: Wall St. News

  8. Anybody else short US 30 Bond

    ZN is dog-$hit now, I moved back into the 30yr a while ago, found it too hard to get involved - unless I wanted to get picked up on crap trades...
    Post by: bottompicker, Apr 29, 2009 in forum: Financial Futures

  9. The Arms Race in High Frequency Trading

    But what happens when high frequency traders gradually kill off the population - take Bund/Bobl and Schatz on Eurex and 10/30yr on CBOT, not so...
    Post by: bottompicker, Apr 28, 2009 in forum: Professional Trading

  10. Sometimes It's The Little Things In Life That Can Piss Me Off

    How about when gay men become ridiculously OVER-gay, like they've got all this pent-up gayness that's been hidden away for years and they need to...
    Post by: bottompicker, Apr 23, 2009 in forum: Chit Chat

  11. liquid instruments with medium sizes?

    I never said scalp the Buxl and the OP never asked for markets to scalp. Just because it does a low volume doesn't mean you can't make money in...
    Post by: bottompicker, Apr 23, 2009 in forum: Index Futures

  12. Daily Hottie

    Talking of skanks, how are you kts? Still playing with yourself cos you can't find a guy brave enough to go there?
    Post by: bottompicker, Apr 22, 2009 in forum: Chit Chat

  13. Daily Hottie

    I beg to differ........... http://smallbackbigrack.com/?p=213
    Post by: bottompicker, Apr 22, 2009 in forum: Chit Chat

  14. I met a good trader recently, 15 year pro, and he never heard of ET

    Don't you mean "8mm" ??
    Post by: bottompicker, Apr 21, 2009 in forum: Chit Chat

  15. Daily Hottie

    Excellent call, I knew I recognised her from somewhere but just couldn't figure it out.......the bad news is she's engaged to 'Borat' star Sacha...
    Post by: bottompicker, Apr 21, 2009 in forum: Chit Chat