I was talking to a new CTA with a run of the mill trend following strategy (live track record of 14% annualized over past 7 years, on 40+ markets)...
Does it matter whether your broker is truly STP or not. Oanda for example, is it really a straight through processing broker?
Just wondering if anyone actually arbitrage convertibles and if there are websites providing information about offerings, prices, strategies...
I read this article featured in John Mauldin's Out of the Box e-letter. Hussman of Hussman Funds says raising interest rates will cause...
Investing in agriculture, timber, vineyards... For those who have jumped in , do you care to share your experience ? What are the returns ? The...
How do you go about finding an auditing firm and how much should you expect to pay ? At what point does it start making sense to audit your track...
Why the divergence ? Junk is way outperforming in the face of rising rates that are taking down the investment grade bonds. What does that imply...
It's well known that contango is limited by the full carry, still I believe it can exceed the full cost of carry on rare occurences. How often...
Ben Shalom Bernanke needs to be removed from office. Why isn't everyone seeing the evidence ? We are in the mother of all bubbles, the recovery...
Did I hear this right ? An IB commercial on CNBC said for every 200 k in an account IB lend out 1 Mio at rock bottom rates to invest for ex. into...
wow huge slippage followed by shutdown at OANDA on Fed news :mad:
I understand the taxation of carried interest in the US is only 15% which applies not just to the gains made by a manager on his own capital but...
In Market Wizards, Bill Lispchutz , the sultan of currencies is quoted as saying FX is all about relationships. That was in the days trading was...
Some chick sent me an invite, I never used this so I wouldn't know how it works. But on the email, there were two pics of other women I have...
I have heard about the experience of some traders there but have you heard lately about a probe by the Danish authorities over questionable...
I saw a newsletter provider claiming to make 10% per month with iron condors. They say they do it years after years, occasionnaly they lose 30% in...
What's the best way to calculate performance when you make regular withdrawals from your account (and deposits as well) ? My statement shows...
I am new to Interactive Brokers but not to trading. I recently opened an account despite the complaints I read about on ET and elsewhere. I...
There are conspiracy theories floating around to explain the unexplainable rise in stocks....
I am doing some research on structured products, these products offered by private banks are not popular in the US but represent a sizeable market...
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