IB aggregates ticks to save on bandwidth, so that may account for the difference.
Oh please, can I spend my time convincing a closed-minded fool that free, publicly available information is worth looking at? Again, if COT is...
Why bother? If you don't like COT, don't use it. Why I need to prove to you that it's worth your time is beyond me.
I haven't read his book, but COT is as good as gold, IMHO. It's a critical part of my trading strategy and has been extremely prescient. I've...
They are not the same contract specs. One is cash settled, the other is physically delivered. The NYMEX contracts do not "track" anything. They...
I would have loved $60k base, a chance at a bonus, and working in the industry of my choice fresh out of college. Take it and run!
I don't know of any websites offhand, but pay attention to the GDP Deflator and M3. The GDP deflator may be one of the cleanest ways of...
Good grief, read your own threads. Second post down: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=96590&perpage=6&pagenumber=4...
You can still derive M3. I believe Surdo posts a chart every month or so.
Yes, indeed. I'm not aware of the relationship between broader interest rates and the margin rate (currently 50%). (I'm sure there is one, but I...
The spike was caused by pretty horrific inflation (and a change in Fed tactics), and of course it could happen again. In '79, the Fed changed...
Bring up the option table for EUR (the futures contract at GLOBEX) and use the filter to just look at the "XT" Trading Class. Those are European...
The Fixed Income market is important. Without cheap capital, LBOs, mergers, stock-for-debt swaps all stop happening. With higher interest rates,...
There are Euro-style currency options traded at CME. I've traded European style EuroFx options frequently. I'm not aware of any others...
There are both European and American style ES options. The European ES options are also called "EOM" or "End of Month" options.
Let's say Goldman owns May and they need to roll into July. They are essentially putting on a spread: Sell May, Buy July Otherwise known as...
The difference in the May/July spread last October is correct. A number of wheat floor traders got blown out during that event. In essence, the...
IB's tech support seems to go on vacation for a few months at a time. Sal, IB's manager of technical support, will appear on ET, apologize for...
A move from 111 to 109 would be 200 basis points, not 20. :-) In any case, the structure of the market must have changed. On 12/21/99: USH0...
CBOT and CME both have really good educational material on exactly these topics. Look for webinars, papers, etc. Look under their respective fixed...
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