Making A Killing In Index Futures

Discussion in 'Index Futures' started by Fundlord, Jun 2, 2015.

  1. Blakpacman, you are my hero! Lol
     
    #41     Jun 9, 2015
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  2. You know your way around shit. You are just a new pretentious sucker on this site. 12 years of fx experience and don't even know the most basic terminology of options markets. Everything you said and claimed so far sounds fishy.

     
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    #42     Jun 25, 2015
  3. Lol, to manage money for others at high risk and lower your own risk. I hope you go to prison for that should this really happen. You know maybe you should Google "fiduciary duty". Asswipe wannabee

     
    #43     Jun 25, 2015
  4. Perhaps he's referring to the news last month (and the year before that, and the year before that) that several major banks pleaded guilty to "rigging" the currecncy (FX) markets.

    The Federal Reserve fined six banks, including Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc., a total of more than $1.8 billion for “unsafe and unsound practices” in foreign-exchange markets. Bank of America was fined $205 million and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc $274 million, the Fed said in a statement. Citigroup, JPMorgan, UBS AG and Barclays Bank Plc were each penalized $342 million.

    I once explored the possibility of FX trading and decided to stick with my S&P 500 E-mini Index Options (ES) credit spreads. Traded on the CME, regulated by the CFTC and NFA, and limited risk (if trading credit spreads). Not sexy but a lot safer, IMHO, than the currency markets.

    For your reading pleasure:

    May 2015

    Rigging of Foreign Exchange Market Makes Felons of Top Banks
    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/21/b...in-currency-and-interest-rate-cases.html?_r=0

    5 banks guilty of rate-rigging, pay more than $5B
    http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/05/20/billions-in-bank-fx-settlements/27638443/

    Fed’s Currency-Market Fines on Six Banks Total $1.8 Billion
    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...y-market-fines-on-six-banks-total-1-8-billion

    June 2013

    Traders Said to Rig Currency Rates to Profit Off Clients
    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...d-to-rig-currency-rates-to-profit-off-clients

    June 2012

    Feds: BNY Mellon manipulated cost of Fidelity trades worth millions
    http://www.boston.com/businessupdat...th-millions/ZkpSqrg0oJyXfVY7KEN6iK/story.html


    Best
     
    #44     Jun 25, 2015
  5. Amen to that. Used to be that I enjoyed having folks stop by the cockpit and visiting for a minute or two before we turned on the seatbelt sign. Many brought their kids to to see the working end of the airplane. Now it's just the parents who want to complain about ticket prices, leg room, food, air conditioning, baggage storage issues, delays, and on and on. Now when I get to the cockpit I tend to slam the door shut and avoid the passengers. Besides, it doesn't look so good to the passengers if I have my iPad out, with my ThinkorSwim app running and checking my ES credit spread positions*. ;-)

    Best

    Steve Leeds
    Airline Pilot DC-9, B-767, B-777

    * I only do that during non-safety activities time. Before engine start mostly. Oh, and when halfway across the Atlantic headed for London and nothing going on in the cockpit.
     
    #45     Jun 25, 2015
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  6. wrbtrader

    wrbtrader

    Making a killing in futures and trading with the goal for OPM...these two goals are in contradiction.

    Further, if he makes a killing in futures...he would no longer need OPM.
     
    #46     Jun 25, 2015
  7. SunTrader

    SunTrader

    So "airline pilot" steve :rolleyes:, good thing you slam the door shut and lock it maybe - since it is REQUIRED ever since a little certain event back in Sept of 2001. I kinda recall something about terrorists talking over and crashing 4 jetliners that certain day (Sept ?, 01) once they got in those unlocked cockpit doors.

    BTW ever see a grown man nekkid? :D

    What this has to do with trading OPM I sure don't know. Apology to OP but couldn't resist.
     
    #47     Jun 25, 2015
  8. jl1575

    jl1575


    Cool!
    How is the satellite data feed?
     
    #48     Jun 25, 2015
  9. JTrades

    JTrades

    SURF ALERT SURF ALERT (breach of copyright) SURF ALERT

    Trading and piloting share terminology:

    pull-back, crash, black box, ditch, ROC, [on a] roll, hands-on approach, [high] alpha, ceiling, holding pattern, GS, long[itude], mayday (yep), repositioning, sector, [bird] strike, taking off, squawk, stop[over], bagger, wings, ascending, [Bermuda] triangle, delta, breakdown, dip, slippage [on ice], low, high, ...
     
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    #49     Jun 25, 2015
  10. Fundlord

    Fundlord

    Well even bruce kovner said that he trades OPM because it acts as a "call option" on his own money. His upside is huge compared to his downside due to fees.
     
    #50     Jun 25, 2015