Recent Content by Mr B

  1. Geneva Trading

    I worked there. After a few weeks of unsupervised and unprofitable simulated trading they gave me a form to sign which said that if I didn't...
    Post by: Mr B, Nov 14, 2007 in forum: Prop Firms

  2. GHCO Still A Good Place to Work?

    1. How has the "merger" with Penson affected GH? (reputation on the street, internal perception, etc...) It used to be more salaried traders,...
    Post by: Mr B, Oct 7, 2007 in forum: Prop Firms

  3. Where is the EURUSD going from here ?

    in the late 1990s, the DM/USD had resistance at 1.42, when it closed above this level it went to 1.45. I think the eur/usd will behave the same,...
    Post by: Mr B, Sep 29, 2007 in forum: Forex

  4. Short the Euro/USD Now!

    Mind if I plagiarise this for my Oxford PHD? shrinking population? only new labour pool is Arabs? I haven't seen an Arab in ages, but a...
    Post by: Mr B, Sep 21, 2007 in forum: Forex

  5. sudden jump of the bund/bobl

    eurozone manufacturing orders fell 1.1 points based on RBS survey. RBS services survey posted biggest drop since it began in 1998 per Bloomberg.
    Post by: Mr B, Sep 21, 2007 in forum: Index Futures

  6. Trichet is THE man

    I love the way whenever a female journalist asks him a question he refers to her as "madame"
    Post by: Mr B, Sep 6, 2007 in forum: Economics

  7. Should Fed follow libor?

    M3 is not the level of cash in the money market - money market volume is best measured by volume of 1mth and 3mth commercial paper sold each...
    Post by: Mr B, Sep 5, 2007 in forum: Economics

  8. Should Fed follow libor?

    Fed, ECB and BoE don't need to hike rates again, the money market has already done it for them a few times over. big issue with the disparity...
    Post by: Mr B, Sep 5, 2007 in forum: Economics

  9. Liquidity injection by central banks

    The ECB injected money into the overnight market, which is dealt in by banks with AAA ratings, hardly "irresponsible" - top quality debt at the...
    Post by: Mr B, Aug 12, 2007 in forum: Economics

  10. How best to profit from a rate cut

    short dated bonds - ie 2 year or 5 year.
    Post by: Mr B, Aug 11, 2007 in forum: Strategy Building

  11. Liquidity injection by central banks

    for those of us who work in the OTC money market, the ECB made a big difference today. sterling was doing over 6.25% at about 11am, then fell...
    Post by: Mr B, Aug 9, 2007 in forum: Economics

  12. DAX plunged +200 ticks

    broke trend line of last 40 odd days and stops got taken out. touched 40 day MA and bids came in, as per DJ which bounced at 40 day MA - 40 day...
    Post by: Mr B, Jul 10, 2007 in forum: Index Futures

  13. How Do Big Banks Define "Scalping"?

    they don't do it. typical bank prop trader uses a six figure stop loss and aims for 6 figure profit. scalping is out of the question. they...
    Post by: Mr B, Jun 15, 2007 in forum: Forex

  14. Time to go long the Bund?

    don't worry, there's still plenty of time to go long usd/cad!
    Post by: Mr B, Jun 7, 2007 in forum: Index Futures

  15. Time to go long the Bund?

    I want to see a close above 112.30-40 area before I go long euribor is at 4.5% for Christmas so we probably have few more hikes to come
    Post by: Mr B, Jun 1, 2007 in forum: Index Futures