Global Macro Trading Journal

Discussion in 'Journals' started by Daal, Feb 25, 2011.

  1. Nah, it's the actual yield spread between the where the current existing EFSF issues trade and the comparable maturity bunds.
     
    #1731     Oct 11, 2011
  2. gmst

    gmst

    stopped myself from long Euro trade at 1.36 and reversed, very tight stop: 20 pip on this one, target: 50-100 pip.

    I gave back 50% of profits, but that was a conscious decision trying to pyramid my profits 2-3x.
     
    #1732     Oct 11, 2011
  3. So Dexia was short bunds to the tune of 70 Billion USD on a trillion USD balance sheet......
     
    #1733     Oct 11, 2011
  4. Huh? Where did you hear that?
     
    #1734     Oct 11, 2011
  5. It's all over the news here.

    Long term interest swaps they forgot to hedge which blew up in their face so they say....

    "Nobody could have known the Eurocrisis would escalate again this summer" is the CEO response...
     
    #1735     Oct 11, 2011
  6. Could you pls send a link?
     
    #1736     Oct 11, 2011
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  9. dhpar

    dhpar

    use Chrome browser - it translates automatically...

    or use this: http://translate.google.com/#
     
    #1739     Oct 11, 2011
  10. Yep, thx...

    I think this might be the usual case of the press getting ahead of themselves. I don't think this is the case of them being naked short. I think they fell victim to the same thing that killed DEPFA (Hypo Re) before them. So, as always, death by funding or, rather, lack thereof.
     
    #1740     Oct 11, 2011