I appreciate your input. I was thinking last night how great scale-trading short calls on gold could be. I agree that agricultural products,...
If you know the guys behind it, you might want to point out broken links and such http://snalaska.net/cot/current/charts/EY.png.
Commercial capitulation is at most rare. I agree that thinking of commercial positions as being deep underwater is a speculator's mindset. Your...
When I first got involved with the market at a professional level, it was considered that Commodities were the place for idiots. Financials have...
I am starting this thread to split a discussion. Quote from Locutus: Well the problem with the COT right now is that the open interest is...
By definition, two cointegrated markets have a stationary linear spread. In a scatter plot, the linear relationship is usually evident. By...
Health insurance is a definite issue. Let's see how Obamacare really works. No need for a 401k. Almost the same as a Traditional IRA. Roth IRA...
I am about as worried about someone profiting from creating global/general latency as I was worried about the cookie timing security hole that...
Got around to looking at the scatter plot for COST/TGT. It doesn't look too cointegrated: [img] Here are some pairs that I like better. SCCO...
Most of the volume in algorithmic trading, I believe, is a matter of patterns and relative valuation. Pattern: for whatever reason, a certain...
I hope some people chime in on this thread. I think it could be interesting. My 2 cents. Macro economics, trading instrument...
Disappointing December retail sales. COST overpriced in pair; TGT underpriced in pair. 1/3 1/6 Diff COST...
Hopefully someone else can be more helpful than me, but here goes. Summary, multiple programs crashing after initially functioning on new...
Since I am a guy, I will probably never understand publishing on Facebook, but half the population is women. They spend money, and are influenced...
Do you think that there is anyone in the third world who doesn't think that we are overpaid? Globalization is going its best to prove that our...
In South Florida, a 3000 sqft house cost $150 for a one-time clean. $75 for follow-ups. They are very thorough initially, but probably don't...
Disagree that dry-cleaning is generally a good business at this point. Around Dallas, they are closing down as the middle class is getting more...
I don't mind talking with you privately about it, but let me answer your questions here. There is value to using very short correlation (30...
To do some real analysis, like Value at Risk, you need to analyze the whole matrix using Eigenvalues/Singular Values. For example, if the...
I have friends invested in Quepasa (QPSA.OB) for which the previous posts all apply. Speaking Spanish neither Portuguese, I see alot of...
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