May I ask Reitberg and Harry what Institutional derivatives desks you have both worked on?
Can anyone say panic disorder? It still amazes me that people go to such lengths to create such a one sided view of the derivatives markets....
Amazing how we share the same thoughts.
What's a grain trader?
Most of my trading is intra day although I do take longer term positions based on my expectations for the fixed income markets.
Most of the time its who you know that gets you in the door.
Best of luck with Pimco. Only advice I can offer is to read Pimco's pm's bios. You'll see that the overwhelming path to Pimco was through an...
Volume is definetly thinner now due to holidays/end of year.
Are you interested in trading fixed income or working for Pimco?
ZB and ZN are the symbols for the electronic contracts for bonds and notes respectively. They trade simultaneously on a/c/e.
I trade Bonds / Notes / Bunds through IB. Unfortunately, you can only trade electronic products through them. Which necessitates additional...
Like today for instance???:mad:
Take a look at Bunds on the Eurex too.
Keeps life interesting tho.
:eek: just think how lucky you were not to be short 30's on 10/31/01.
I've found that my best trades are scalps fading the trend in 10's and 30's (bonds). I try to take 1-2 ticks on a 100 lot. I've tried Auto...
Great analogy
I used to give my computers a few shots of JD when trading got busy but my former employer frowned on drinking on the desk.
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