IMHO, its not a good idea to publicly bet against George Bush, the Fed and the other 250 million folks of the USA - sometimes they get mad.
interesting idea - I would have thought that if rmb is free to trade, it may pop up, but then would be crushed with the Chinese bank crises -...
You should try one of the bullion banks and see what they say - usually they have tonnes of 'em and are happy to sell - Chase, Soveriegn Bank,...
IMHO, its a way for the Fed to get longer rates higher, which they have labelled for months a "conundrum". Jawboning only works so much.
I think you can also EFP either way, cash into futures or futures into cash - it shouldnt be a big deal for your broker
There are few indy specs out here. For retail, even etrade is jumping into the game. For larger desks, its all in-house stuff. I used to trade...
IMHO, man is open to suggestion on commis if you trade the volume. Personally, I'd rather clear thru a firm that has a high probability of...
If your spread is 3-5 pips, thats insane. Most banks narrow for tiny amount - not widen out. Just to get you to trade some banks will give you...
How surprised can you be if a dealer throws his qoute one way and tries to read you? Its intellectual curiousity if he can fade your trade. You...
Maybe hes trying to range-trade and not get stopped out whens he wrong. Why not put on an options trade to mimic the same thing?
The GS guy who wrote it, is ranked #3 Oil/Gas analyst by II. You have to read the report and not just sound bites. You have to think it through...
pingplotter is available in the lite version for free. Try googling pingplotter. Also, try using a speed test on dslreports.com for comparison,...
Only you can decide what your style is. But if I may, can I suggest you consider looking at the PC-router-modem you use? Some of them dont...
Based on this thread, I traded YM this afternoon. I think the volatility is being confused for stop-running. YM seems to trade in excess of what...
Infringement cases can drag on forever - the guy who patented intermittent windshield wipers needed like 15 or 20 years before he saw money from...
learner- sure, it would work. The drawback is the amount of accounting oversight you'd have to apply to both accounts.
Stealing strategies is part of their deal, thats why the markets are always in an evolutionary status. Conceptually its not really different than...
try a patsystem, like jtrader,
curious statistics - please provide releavnt datapoints for further analysis
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