Fullyarticulate, Back to OP question, "Is it better to leg into a credit spread OR enter the order as a credit spread if the comission is...
How many types of market makers are there? Firms like Timberhill make markets for many products. Anybody have any ideas at all what kind of...
Market makers have an edge. Do they need to make a directional or volatility prediction in order to profit?
Hi VSTscalper, I have no idea how truthful you are but you are doing everything that are considered detrimental to profitability: scalping...
If you go for 2 ticks profits, how big is your stop loss? Do you increase position after every loss or still trade 4 contracts?
You mean in markets with market makers, there is less volatility? Are locals in pit considered to be market makers too? If yes, do they sometimes...
Aren't CL pit traded only? What about options on CL, are they available through Interactive Brokers and if yes, what is the liquidity like...
Hi Mark, Why then do you choose to trade products with no public papers? As it is, the bid/ask is already very high and it helps if you can...
What is VST? And do you scalp both directions or only in the direction of the dominant trend? How many trades do you get per day? What is the...
If yes, how do they trade? Do they trade directionally? Are they always profitable?
Hi eusdaiki, In your earlier post, you mentioned always hitting the ask to buy and hitting the bid to sell, taking away liquidity but now you...
Can you please explain how they churn out millions of contracts? How is it safer? Are the market makers considered "smart money"? How do they...
Hi Mav, Thanks for earlier answer regarding gamma scalping. I have read somewhere where you posted that in the LONG RUN, one can probably...
Hi Mav, If you can successfully gamma scalp, isn't it better to do it with futures as they have less slippage? Can a trader expect to overcome...
Hi, How would risk management parameters employed by Interactive Brokers handle a large sudden spike in prices caused by errorneous orders or a...
Maybe the guy with 5000 hits is not yet consistently profitable? If number of posts means trading success, you bet I have at least a million hits...
At current volatility, roughly how many pts or % equates to 1 sigma in SPX? How about in ER2? Thanks in advance.
When you guys talk about CTM and FOTM, what kind of % out of the money are we talking here? One guy's CTM could be another's FOTM and yet...
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It's just a term used to describe bonds issued by government to mop up excess liquidity, in other words, "sterilize" the inflationary effects of...
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