Bone, what software are you using for your CME orders? Are you connecting directly to the CME's API? The monthly fees for such a setup must be...
Also make sure that your own internet connection has a fast connection to the main back backbone and a point of presence which is not too distant...
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Doing #1 or #2 is a good way assure that when you look up at the charts, a significant market move will already be underway.
As Yoda would say, "You are not afraid? You will be, you will be." Or as Strider would say, "Are you afraid? Not nearly engough." Someone...
Niederhoffer did what a lot a hedgers do which is load up on size to make up for the lower profit potential of a hedged position. Some of those...
Maybe Niederhoffer can respond to Taleb in the MSN Money column?
I agree. The guys on the floor I met had topped out in things like computer programming. They traded because they made MORE money at trading....
The most valuable commodity is information. - Gordon Gekko
You would need to get a squawk box. They would report the news as soon as the floor finds out.
There's a strange movie called Limit Up and has alot of made up scenes of trading in a bean pit, but it looked authentic enough.
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The article makes it seem like Taleb is immune from fatal losses. As more traders sell volatility, Talebs strategy will earn thinner and thinner...
What does rule 4 mean? I thought that for futures traders making money every day was good? Does this have to do with traders who refuse to take...
It seems that some of the time he actually accepts a fill. Look at the volume on the 1 min bars. Can anyone around here take 2000 contracts? Is...
He's back, now he's 5 ticks away. Guess he got burned. He he he. Nows he's gone. Whadda maroon.
I think he lost money. The one min bar at 2:40 shows him buying back his losing position (I think).
Hah, he just got filled. Check the one minute bars. There's a huge spike at 2:31 eastern. Now we'll see if he'll make any money.
Maybe he's trying to encourage more sellers into thinking there's going to be a turn down so that the 'pop' is higher when he removes the fake...
Ok I just saw your Mr 3000 at 2:11 eastern. He was selling about three ticks away from the market. It almost looked like he got filled except I...
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