Recent Content by MSE

  1. What are the best pivots for gold?

    Does anyone have insights on the best or most popular session hours for calculating floor pivots (standard floor pivots) for gold futures? The...
    Thread by: MSE, Apr 30, 2008, 1 replies, in forum: Commodity Futures

  2. Currency Futures Vs Spot

    Spot forex does not quote trades -- the trades are just not available in the data stream. Only bids and offers are quoted. What you typically...
    Post by: MSE, Dec 23, 2007 in forum: Financial Futures

  3. Electronic vs Pit crude

    On the subject of whether the floor is obsolescent - you can look at it from a business perspective. The original purpose of the trading...
    Post by: MSE, Oct 28, 2007 in forum: Commodity Futures

  4. Electronic vs Pit crude

    Jsmooth -- thanks for the excellent explanation, especially of the 10-20t jumps. This makes perfect sense to me considering the types of moves...
    Post by: MSE, Oct 26, 2007 in forum: Commodity Futures

  5. Electronic vs Pit crude

    Thanks nolajay. I sometimes get hurt, sometimes helped by the sharp moves. They are sometimes predictable in the DOM (limit order book) when...
    Post by: MSE, Oct 25, 2007 in forum: Commodity Futures

  6. Electronic vs Pit crude

    Thanks for the pics, rubibond007. I opened the thread to try to get some discussion of the intraday swings in crude during pit hours. Typical...
    Post by: MSE, Oct 25, 2007 in forum: Commodity Futures

  7. Electronic vs Pit crude

    This thread is for discussion of volatility in NYMEX crude futures during RTH (pit) hours. How do floor traders handle (or contribute to) the...
    Thread by: MSE, Oct 23, 2007, 33 replies, in forum: Commodity Futures