Recent content by duece

Anyone have advice on a good futures broker? Preferably one that is web based and doesn't require you to download a program. Currently have an account with Xpresstrade. It's a clumsy website with terrible quotes. Today they've been down all day long. Not to mention problems with trade...

You can trade through CQG but I just find it more clumsy. Just a personal preference I guess.

Does anyone have any recommendations for data/trading platforms for trading futures? I've used CQG for charting but that's a bit too pricey. As a substitute, I've looked into futuresource but it seems there's a lot of people unhappy with esignal. Any thoughts on Futuresource data and what...

Does anyone have any insight, suggestions, or tips in scalping Dax futures? Thanks for any advice.

Can anyone explain the high percentage of short interest on BOT? It seems like each of the last few trading sessions, there's been some short covering on the open...but the stock has rolled over, considerably, each afternoon.

What's the current average daily volume on the 10 and 30 year's?

Rearden Metal, Do you think there's anything there? At first glance I thought there may be a good opportunity. But given some of the components, it's a little more difficult to tell. Given New York, Chicago, Mini's, Tocom, GLD's, etc....my hunch is that there's got to be an edge somewhere.

drsteph, Thanks for the reply. Couple of quick questions... Where did you get the 0.00174 from? In the case of a year, can you just use the the 12 month lease rate rather than the APR for 30 days? When you lend, the storage/insurance wouldn't apply as that is the borrower's...

From a business standpoint, I think CBOT is now following the Merc's business plan. With CBOT's electronic gold finally getting under way, it will do nothing but continue to take volume away from New York. They have a similar product in Silver but it hasn't quite taken off yet. CBOT's product...

Does anyone know how to compute the cost of carry for a gold contract? I think the storage/insurance costs are somewhere in the $4/month range but there are still some other components I'm missing...(interest rates, days to exp., etc). Is there a simple formula out there?

When you say the esignal feed is bad for Asian futures, is that esignal in general or Futuresource workstation?