I don't mean to sidetrack the discussion, but what are/were "bullets"? I trade grain futures and options, not as much experience with stocks....
I'll say most of what CNBC puts out is total crap. With a few exceptions, like the documentary they did on wal mart and Worldcom, there is very...
I feel best when I drink. Alcohol makes me stupid - therefore I think that stupid people feel best.
I trade a futures account for my firm. My size is fixed to X contracts, profit/loss/margin requirement is irrelevant. I can trade X contracts...
How did it go? You guys keep doing this when I'm out of town. I don't trade stocks. Futures & futures options only. Next meetup and I'm...
I like "Jane Ong in Hong Kong" but Becky Quick does it for me sho nuff...
skalpz or whatever moniker he's using these days...
I'd be in for a meetup in Sep, just relocated a couple months ago, unfortunately not in time for the last meetup. Let's try to get something...
"Market Operator" A few years ago, on a very slow day, I recall some locals in the pit joking about business cards. I think the final...
"I work in finance."
I think you're missing the point...
Sorry I missed it, recently relocated to Toronto - will be sure to catch the next one!
Mark Twain: "Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in."
Great thread so far, intelligent discussion. I have a few comments comments, specifically on grains... Don't bother wasting time on grain...
I met Chris Hehmeyer once, seemed like a great guy, genuinely cares about his firm/customers and is very involved in operations.
Anybody using IB to trade the pit contracts, specifically CBOT grains? I'm wondering about fill quality and execution/fill reporting times....
I never considered writing a macro to change these things - thanks for the tip. I've recently started trading a wider range of contracts and am...
I use DTN ProphetX as my charting/quotation software. I use excel for more advanced analysis by pasting DDE links into cells. For example, the...
If they aren't up before for the ecbot grain opening, I'm going to close my account.
6:41 EST, can't login (or login is very slow, program seems to hang on the TWS splash screen)
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