Recent content by helopolis

You raise a good point as on the surface the exposure really stands out. However, you have to view this in context of the overall operations of a bank and why these positions are put on. I am basing my reply on the time I spent working in these departments (specifically in FX and fixed...

In my opinion, your problem was the entry. A bit of an obvious statement but at that point there was no clear direction in price action. Your trendlines are okay, but you did not follow them. To my way of thinking (trading) the price points at 12:38 would have been buy at 27.26/sell 27.19/15...

Well for me the two overlapped. One, doing Masters level work was always in the cards from before I even finished my undergrad. Until I started this program it looked like I was going more of an MA (Economics) route as there really was no way I was willing to spend time on information that...

Columbo, I was in exactly the same position that are describing a few years ago. I always wanted to go to the Masters level but the vast majority of MBA programs are general in nature and really not to relevant to a trading career. Essentially a lot of time and money spent that could be used...

Daal, Interesting title to this thread, instigation maybe ? Explain to me how the interview was done in 1995 when the second half of the show was concerning the death of Hunter S. Thomson (died Feb. 2005) ? Interesting guy, getting more "eccentric" by the month but he was right on the...

Hello, I am considering making an application to Swift-Halifax and was wondering if any ET members had information regarding this branch. I have gone through the info for Swift as a whole, but would like to get a bit more branch specific details (ie. principals, trading style, # of...