Oops I see I hadn't read the OP's post properly -- you're already saying it's not going to be just the highest p/l wins. Good.
Have a good vacation PAPA. Thanks for the education in Natural spreads. I'm not in any (still learning) but am watching. Look forward to your return.
PAPA what about the widow maker (+H/-J)? Vacation? How we gonna spread the natty w/out you?!?
This might sound odd but you might consider including p/l volatility, max drawdown, commissions and fees and other metrics as part of your...
This has some good links. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/07/28/64201/evil-commodities-speculators-in-the-dock/ That CFTC man Gary Gensler...
I can't speak for bean spreads but it's certainly done a lot with eurodollar interest rate futures. Speaking of eurodollars, looking at nov 10...
Thanks TraderTX.
In stocks could pairs trading render the algos irrelevant?
And it's much appreciated.
Interesting. I'd like to get into oil v meal but have to watch it and study up first... Are the new crop calendar spreads usually pretty tame?...
I've been looking at the various bean calendar spreads mostly. But I trade across various markets and don't always understand ag that well (yet...
Anybody in these spreads lately?
How often do you think directional options trades are on the right side of the market? Weren't a lot of $100 calls coming in when WTI was at $70?
Lol...
Thanks OG -- are you on the NYMEX floor? And got any idea what to make of the WTI-Brent spread? Is it really Asian demand for sour crudes...
I realized after posting this that I'd made at least one error, saying there's no evidence of fewer companies. Of course there are fewer companies...
Anyway, sorry to say but there seem to be some flaws here. First is international competition -- you seem to dismiss it entirely. Since you...
Or, especially with gold, is it possible that smaller traders as a whole have an almost permanently bullish bias? After all, gold attracts a...
Trading gold futures today I noticed that e-minis showed a bias compared to the normal COMEX contract. For example the COMEX bid/ask would be 6...
First, Japanese savings have been invested overseas to a very large degree, helping in some cases to develop countries whose new companies can now...
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