Recent Content by Locutus

  1. Are US mutual fund managers idiots?

    Here's your answer. Having a job = smart => Doing things that make you keep your job = smart thus if using CAPM = keep your job = smart...
    Post by: Locutus, Sep 22, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  2. passes!!!!!!!!!!!! congrats longs!!!!!!!!!! you were right1!!!!!

    I'm not long anymore since quite some time (if I had been I'd be broke now) but this situation seems strange to me: 1) Stocks down 2) Yields...
    Post by: Locutus, Aug 2, 2011 in forum: Trading

  3. Once Debt Ceiling is Lifted SPY Will...

    This is called summer chop. Earnings have been pretty good. Markets are all over the place and pretty disconnected from the readily apparant...
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 27, 2011 in forum: Trading

  4. Is there a web site to view daily Greece CDS and their bond yield?

    Why? If something else goes wrong, they'll just change the rules again. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if there will be some relaxation of...
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 23, 2011 in forum: Economics

  5. Eurostoxx 50

    What? I meant that if you predict the ESTX50 correctly then the chances are very high that you also predicted the CAC40 correctly and high...
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 22, 2011 in forum: Index Futures

  6. Eurostoxx 50

    Goedemiddag dan. The ESTX50 correlates very well with the CAC40 and good with the DAX. Analysis on the ESTX50 should apply to all core European...
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 22, 2011 in forum: Index Futures

  7. So why did the market just pop up

    Well, first and foremost earnings have broadly been pretty good and above exp and European financials rallied quite hard on the news that there is...
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 21, 2011 in forum: Trading

  8. Eurostoxx 50

    From a liquidity perspective I consider the ESTX50 quite attractive. However would you mind explaining to me why you choose to daytrade an...
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 21, 2011 in forum: Index Futures

  9. China: Counterfeiting Apple Stores, Not Just Products

    Hahahaha, what a world.
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 21, 2011 in forum: Economics

  10. Please Review My Bid/Ask Strategy

    Yes, but that knowledge in itself isn't a trade able system. However if you are very short-term trading I think it helps your odds if you trade...
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 20, 2011 in forum: Risk Management

  11. Please Review My Bid/Ask Strategy

    I haven't found bid/ask imbalances to be universally predictive of future price movements.
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 20, 2011 in forum: Risk Management

  12. Please Review My Bid/Ask Strategy

    Try it on a simulator and see how it works out.
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 20, 2011 in forum: Risk Management

  13. HFT GOOD or Bad for Market

    If their behaviour is this predictable just exploit it and take their lunch.
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 20, 2011 in forum: Order Execution

  14. Today both stocks and bonds went up... anybody could explain?

    :/ It's somewhat rare but I don't see why it should be impossible or noteworthy they both went up. Maybe someone should explain that first,...
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 20, 2011 in forum: Financial Futures

  15. Apple Earnings

    I'm so excited!
    Post by: Locutus, Jul 19, 2011 in forum: Stocks