I'd be interested in hearing from other CTAs and/or people with FCM back-office operational experience. What's an acceptable time frame for...
This is a strictly hypothetical question, since of course.. interest is as close to zero as you can possibly get. But I'm curious... (this is...
This is just a slight, random aside. I have no issues with Mr. Trout... never met/spoken to the man, and know little about him besides what was...
This is beginning to annoy me. CME just announced they're using Friday's settlement numbers for Tuesday as well. What if the markets can't...
Has anyone figured out how to use IB as an execution broker, for those of you as a CTA? I'm being told IB won't give up trades to any other...
I just lightened up my portfolio quite a bit after the moves this morning... so that gives me time to post musings, and get some feedback from...
There seems to be a huge volatility mismatch between CL / HO / RB... and I guess I'm a little surprised by it. CL July, atm vola is at 30%....
Hi guys, Reading through the CME's membership section on their website gives me a headache. I thought I'd just lean on the combined expertise...
Hi there, Anyone with any experience with PENSCO as a trust custodian? I'm considering using them to invest my IRA account in my own fund...
Saw the article this morning in the WSJ that Paulson was just up 1% this month, missing out on the huge bounce. Looked around at the indices, and...
What the heck? Why does this even need to head to litigation? I'm sure these were OTC, but even so... how can MS just back out?...
Hi, Just curious, any other CTAs/CPOs solicited by Pentagon Funds recently? I suspect they just bought a database and mass-spammed everyone....
Hi, Anyone else having problems with their iTWS app after Irene passed thru? I have confirmed tws on my pc works fine, it's just the mobile...
Hi, Anyone know anything about the NYMEX daily options, listed on Globex? I don't recall coming across a press release about these. I've...
Does anyone know when/how DX options on futures settle? The ICE website is, as usual, sparse on details. I have some long 75 calls expiring...
... with high probability. The advantages of tax-deferred compounding is obvious. So, I wonder if I could do this: - sell $100k of deep...
I know... if I had an early demise, you'd be sad, Megan Fox would be sad. But more importantly, what about my LLC + fund? What's standard...
Strange behavior after hours. NQ has spiked twice in the last 30 minutes... first time up 10 pts to 2348. Settled back down to 2342, and then...
http://www.agriculture.com/markets/analysis/wheat/trading-usda-repts-insttly_11-ar15677 This is a very interesting sales point. It drives me...
Hi all, I'm really interested in trading Brent volatility (versus CL). But from what I can tell, brent options trade relatively lightly... and...
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