I think they just realised the mistake they had made crunching the numbers. Quite funny for a bunch of maths gurus hey.
anyone notice that the shatz volume is very large the last 10 trading days. my analysis is this. its bullshit. the bobl 1/2 tick is now full tick. the algos quite clearly need a 1/2 tick to operate. bobl volume has dropped and shatz volume has increased. but thats the problem the illusion is that the volume has increased on the shatz. but it has not. its just algos dealing with themselves and creating the impression its trading. they quite clearly cannot do this in the bobl anymore so have moved into the shatz. why else would the volume suddenly be higher over the last 10 days.
I know one of the people there, just emailed him about this today - apparently they posted the fake numbers as disinformation and to throw competition off the scent, and also (so he said) just to wind guys like you up! A couple are lurkers here on ET under obscure usernames, and find the whole "locals vs algos" threads quite amusing.
Doesn't wind me up one bit as I don't trade any of the products they list. I just pointed out their mistake. Lets face it there is much amusement to be had on ET. The vast majority of material found on here is a joke.
"I know one of the people there, just emailed him about this today - apparently they posted the fake numbers as disinformation and to throw competition off the scent, and also (so he said) just to wind guys like you up! A couple are lurkers here on ET under obscure usernames, and find the whole "locals vs algos" threads quite amusing." You've got to admit that is a weak rebuttal. They have made a schoolboy mistake and think that they can cover it with a juvenile excuse. On a par with "the dog ate my homework" don't you think?