That trade was more of luck than anything. Taking a shot in front of an auction. A kill or get killed trade. As far as "leaning on a 400 lot "...
Many moons ago there was no such thing as iceberg orders. So traders/funds would show the whole order on the book. Like rosy said.... you could...
Really? No biggie? You had to have lost at least 1.25 or so on that trade. 3.5 to 4.0 % on WFC is more than "no biggie". I have an idea for a...
Good luck man. From what you wrote on your blog you seem to have a good grasp on things. Don't worry about the mistakes. They happen a lot more...
Probably a little of both..........
Chicago Pizza is horrible. That deep dish disaster they serve is known to the rest of the world as lasagna. The Hot Dogs....second to none....
I traded there for 10 yrs. I was in a very big trading firm that had plenty of guys that used that strategy. Worked best in the Bunds and...
I don't want to come across as harsh....but that's an insane way to tell if it's an iceberg order. Maybe it worked 10 years ago, but no way it...
And how does one find an iceberg? Seems impossible to know when there is one sitting on a bid.....that's the whole purpose of them...to not know...
In all seriousness, why did you even bother with this? Patak seems very serious about it, Mav is taking it very serious, and you are just acting...
Yeah, that was the strategy I knew of that guys trading Bunds and EuroStoxx Futures did yrs ago. But that was back in 2003. It stopped working...
I hear ya. But to me seems kinda of dangerous to get in front of that as you have no idea how many are still waiting to join the bid. Not sure...
Dude.....you get up 3 ticks on a YM trade and scream "I NAILED IT !!!". Lol....You also are VERY critical of the TA guys. Ergo....you bark a lot....
Umm Surf........you are by far the most vocal. You sure you agree 100%: "message board posters who pretend to be successful traders for all...
+1 Entertainment 99% of the time Talk trading 1% of the time. Is a trip/very entertaining to see what people have to say about trading...
Curious to how you trade the DOM. Yrs ago I knew guys who would look for those big bids in the market. They would put bids in a few ticks below...
How does one frontrun an iceberg order?
+1 I think the days of reading the DOM are long gone. It used to work great in some of the thicker markets (Bunds,EuroStoxx) but not...
I have a bad feeling that Surf's trading is gonna be Cooltrader Trading Revisited; "The Blow Up Part II". Unfortunately Surf has a history of...
In HO and RBOB anything can be possible at times. RBOB was even worse today. During times when not much trading is going on the Bid/offer can...
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