Mahram is right about some traders: after FOMC, I was wondering why June eurodollars didn't tank; since then, EDM6 and TYH6 have been going...
This exchange between me and Thunderdog helps me clarify my thinking. Journalists--like Lowenstein-- usually show little understanding of...
Merriweather is an example of bad manager not a bad trader: Merriweather raised cash and both hired and managed traders but didn't do the trading...
Hubris doesn't cause trading losses: stubbornness and laziness do. One can be proud and still admit mistakes; it's stubborn traders who can't take...
There is no cost paid to hold GC back months: the difference between back months and spot, which appears to be lost with time, is derived from the...
What's become clear to sugar traders--but not to this thread's postors--is that Brazilian sugar exporters have been caught speculating: in other...
Bateman's right: CLH6 taking out new highs following DOE bear report sell-off; funds buying here will buy above $75.
Baumeister's reasoning is pretty lame: making "bad choices" doesn't necessarily follow being "in distress". My explanation is far better:...
Thanks again to Ivan for pointing out my winning trades. Ivan admits he trades off information from dubious sources. I won't post here anymore:...
I wonder how this Jack Crooks knows the net spec position on Citibank's and Bancamerica's order book; I didn't know banks gave their customers'...
Small specs, who shorted EC after funds absent following GDP, now getting out ahead of FOMC and SOU. I'll wait for funds to show hand in Wednesday...
Gee Steve, all I have to do is pull up some moving averages to find winning trades? I didn't know trading was so easy. Perhaps I should teach my...
Nihabashi's post is indicative of the mental laziness that makes net losing traders. Tiger Woods' showing me--a new golfer--a golf grip is...
Samson's spending $30,000 on trading junk indicates imprudence, profligancy, ignorance, and--worst of all--lack of common sense. I've taken money...
Thanks again to Ivan for directing attention to another of my winning calls; I didn't short EC but saved money by not buying after GDP. EC...
Funds didn't pile into EC after GDP; day-traders-once convinced funds today absent--will short EC.
Ivan: I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm straight.
Biggs is the best example now of analysts who shouldn't have trading authority. One could add Garzarelli, Cramer, Gabelli, among others.
Chet is delusional. Should US default, Japs and PRC would deny US future credit; which act would end US financial system: no money, no credit....
If a whale does an egregiously large trade with, say, Citibank; Citibank's risk managers will know it. The risk managers will also know the name...
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