with so much noise out there now to capture . a pairs strategy with a longer time frame is perfect. Trading a relationship between 2 equities,...
If you are using a value strategy, you would many times be getting long the weaker stock and shorting the higher multiple growth stock. As others...
Correct, however i usually like to add to the position rather than take off a position since i am probably in the position at a good spread price,...
I got caught in several pairs like that today, it was frustrating to say the least, but tight spreads allow you to trade the stocks of the pair...
Solar/Alternative energy. It is the future, and presently "green" is the new thing
sorry, not Wilma, it was Rita.
Now the forecast is for it to slow down and stall just offshore of Louisiana Monday/Tuesday as a high pressure system holds over the Southeast....
I tend to put a pair on that is fundamentally biased and then trade that position until it becomes neutral. Timing is much less of an issue,...
I agree mkt cap is important, more important??, depends on the pair I think. A billion dollar mkt cap stock trading at 11 P/B and a 4 billion...
I agree, buyouts are oh so painful, not as bad as a merger blowout, but close. I was taught to also try to be long the smaller market cap...
I always trade with fundamental bias, unless the pairs are fundamentally neutral. When the fundamentals kick in, you don't want to be on the...
still holding tight to some chessie, out a few of the others with some nice gains. interesting action all around today in the oil patch, APA...
none of your trades were hedged, where's the hedging part come in?
I trade a portfolio of pairs as well as some long positions to balance out my capital and stay as neutral as possible. Look forward to seeing...
did you see that move in APC today?? it ripped off it's lows when nat gas started rallying. Nibbled at some Xto this morning as well as took some...
I have been buying up Chk, Xto, Apa, Dvn, Rdc, Apc. I hedge them short a few names that are overvalued like Rrc or Esv, they are my bread and...
some of the biggest traders are prop traders, locals on the floor and fund managers who trade for themselves and clear through a big bank.
i was told by someone that if he doesn't make at least 50k/day it's not worth it, in response to the question "How much money can you make...
I have been arbing a lot of contractual pairs lately, particularly on opening prints. There has been large movements in many of the spreads, also...
the roar of the pit can be misleading at times, the traders in the pit may start screaming sold, but that doesn't move the market as much as large...
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