whyam i such a whore for the usd/cad, u ask? well wouldn't u want 2 know? ok sure...her is my the skinny on my top ten reasons y:: (1) the crazy liquidity periods (@ certain times of the day the volume is way up & during the other times its just flat so its big $$ if you can pick ur spots) (2) i luv canadians, my super model gf is from canada but seriously i luv them but hate the accent :eek: (3) their policy announcements are in tandem with big US announcements so sometimes you can go for what i call a dubba whammie *caution this dubba whammy can also hurt, i kno from experiece (4) some consider the canadian dollar is linked to commodities, this is always handy when oil makes a move or their ever growing beef industry (5) its common knowledge that the canadian dollar will never ever be valued more than the all might $usd, i mean that would be utterly absurd (6) following up on point (5) there are a lot of fixed assumptions on the canadian dollar that no one seems to question until the time comes for a rate increase (heh ) (7) if you are feelin lazy you can leave ur position on and 8 times out of 10 the contract will not move when you come back from doing something exciting (8) well I am plum out of reasons and I need 2 more ... oh well I kno there is two more but hell I am too lazy to type more ... time to go wax my ferrari oh yeah tell me why you love trading ur own pet spot contract and you will win a free skinned possum, yup that ever delicious delicacy from the back woods of missouri ... best enjoyed with a jug of shine and a crazy ho-down look forward to hearing ur reasons...and if i like'em you get a possum how 'bout that!