Vinny; The big contract, ND, has always been half an index pt. at $50 a pop.
Even with overnight margins there is room for play. Officially margin is imposed by the Exchange Clearing Corporation on it's member firms. The...
In the most asinine thing I've done..well at least this week, I accidently bought JUNE NQ instead of SEPT before the close ( I was merely looking...
Twas a little dis-information from IB on this. Their bulletin states that "Globex had an internal system failure which interupted proper order...
Funny this should come up. I was at a party over the weekend and an older gentleman overhearing my market discourse piped in adding "..and then...
The Fed is the hedge fund of last resort.
Great Post! Welcome aboard.
Darkhorse. interest will be figured into cost of carry. SSF's will trade at a premium to the underlying the same way that index futures trade over...
Agreed. You can trade equities retail at 4x, don't see a lot of reason for a product to succeed at only 5x. Why would a fund or institution be...
The next trade I make won't be good enough to retire on, but it may be bad enough to blow out on.
Dan: I'm certainly not trying to be ambiguous. What I am saying is that there has not been the deceleration in wage growth that one would expect...
Def or anyone else, Any word on when stops will be native on Globex.
TriPack: With Gold at $325 and wages still rising despite an upturn in unemployment, I think the consequences of the Fed's easing cycle have...
Who in 1980 when Gold was trading at $800 per ounce would have believed that not only would Gold break to $240, but languish at that level for...
The entire quote deserves repeating because I believe it is the most prophetic statement I have read in a long while!
Dan; Thanks for the correction on Intra vs. Inter. What I'm saying though is that the PERCENTAGE moves are the same now as always. Merely looking...
Although intraday volatility has contracted quite a bit, i.e. not many stocks quadrupling in a month like early 2000, INTER DAY (daytrading!) vols...
CBOT Treasury contracts are fungible between the screen and the pit (or visa versa). They are the SAME contract. As far as the CBOT clearing corp....
Very well put, Bono. Too many times in the 90's I got smoked being short when everyone was bullish. Consensus i.e. the trend can be right for a...
Ah. If this thread is a sentiment indicator.......
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