IMHO my goal is to get a position that exactly reflects my speculation on the market or prediction of future events. And, no more, as well as no...
http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/eligibleProducts.php lists for example IDEM exchange trades FTMIB MFIB MINI MIB30 (Italy) MEFF...
Thanks guys. Yeah I am thinking Italy or Japan might be a bit further out, but just as inevitable as Spain. Can we think of more specific...
What are some good options to speculate on global economic meltdown? What countries are most vulnerable? And then within that, what e.g. index...
I don't have a Reuters feed in my den, but AAPL was off to the races a whole trading day before the CSCO/AAPL story broke. And AAPL was already up...
That was Tuesday Check out what happened on Wednesday! AAPL up 3.84%, huge volume. And no explanation. Until... after market hours, when it hit...
XEO is the European expiration version of OEX. SPX has XSP, but XSP is not European expiration, its mini. Is XEO the only European style broad...
That is a pretty good explanation, but just to muddy the water, let's say you buy (long) a DJIA index future, and I go out and buy (long) the...
guy2 said "GIVE YOU the value". whitster said "TRACK the value". If we really want to argue about this, they need to use more specific verbs and...
For a while now, Interactive Brokers lets you trade the CME housing derivatives. The 'ticker' symbols are in here...
I think they just mean two or more sales ever historically. So I don't see a lag here. These guys have probably got more statistics and...
Are you guys on the long or short side of those futures? Anyone trade the options-on-futures? I read that these contracts are not very liquid.
As should be evident, I have been doing my homework and reading books on options, and I have been seeking a mentor. As part of this process I...
Super excellent post with killer value. Keep it up luh3417! Your post is so insightful that everyone should quote it in full with every reply....
Actually you guys are on to something. Low-end, midrange, and high-end housing markets behave quite differently. And as much as I wish there were...
Pabst said this in October 2005, and again in May 2006. Now that the product launched and has been out for 6 weeks, has low volume, and IB won't...
As of mid-July, is it the case that: 1. IB doesn't offer this product 2. Volume is very low 3. Pabst was right (see above)
I see. Can anyone think of a reason why you'd use QQQQ ETF instead of NQ index future then? Will investigate. I suppose they're liquid. I...
Agree, many people think pork bellies when they hear the word futures. I think they're really missing out though, when it comes to index futures....
I started with shorting ES from time to time as a hedge, but I want to expand. I'll keep reading the old posts but maybe someone can help....
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