All of the examples that Cutten uses are in fact Gray Swans...this what Taleb says (and I quote): "some events can be rare and consequential, but...
if you're looking in Canada there are only a two that I know of...in Toronto; DVTrading (dvtrading.ca) and another one in Montreal I think is CFT...
I don't think it is a technical level at all...it is more a psychological inflection point...4% is the real Level...but if it goes through this...
speaking to some screen locals recently I get the same impression of the last few days...GE has been so aggressive one minute, so completely dead...
that little buy up after the minutes was aggressive...and short covering always tends to cause that kind of panic buying...people were selling all...
I hear you on the volume bix, however, it does seem like there is a lot more real volume trading through these days... I guess I should have...
anyone happen to see the volume on the DEC05 contract today...that's got to be close to a record...almost 500,000 if I'm not mistaken...big...
and you now have my response...have a look eh? as for the rest, bloggs is right in saying that there is more than enough info not just from me...
sorry guns but I really don't agree with you about 'giving away money' by sharing information about trading styles...I don't have a system per se,...
cheers bloggs...I understand your point...I guess our timeframes differ so our considerations of margin and risk differ...
Goldie=Goldman...just my own ad-libbing...just meaning that he was big seller of Sep05 and may have been buying Dec05 as a flattener unwind......
so you're talking about the actual number of trades executed on a daily basis in each contract?...I'm not familiar with tws...either way, the...
are you talking about Mar05/Mar06 spread? How does that work now that Mar05 is basically 20,000 bid/offered all day and doesn't really move? Why...
I think it would depend on why stocks weaken...ie: quicker rate hikes vs. poor earnings results... by the way, observed some serious clips in...
what exactly puzzles you about the number of trades?
while I don't use IB, I can answer some of your other questions no I don't use time and sales, though some guys I trade with do have it...
interesting...no doubt this still occurs and in fact you can kind of see it happen sometimes on the screen aswell... as an aside...it seems...
take a look at the post I made on page 32 of this thread...the comments come from sle who works at a big shop that trades ED...this probably...
what Bloggs says does tend to be true...in the outright ED months, the end of the day tends to provide an opportunity to look for stops...this...
the fed's statement was only one word different than the last..."gradually"...applied to the improvement of the labour market...I guess we wait...
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