Recent content by Inchoate

Hey guys ... I've come across this scenario but it is outside my experience - looking for seasoned advice: Big short position put on. Stock halted due to fraud investigation. Halt drags on, and on, and on, meanwhile borrow interest turns out being a bigger fraud than the company had going...

Algos shouldn't be allowed to bust these trades. Once a 'trader' begins to automate they should take on that liability.

Spent half a day reading all I could on this upcoming decision, and have come away convinced ECB will sit pat at a refi rate of 1.0%. Reuters poll making the rounds states that 48 of 71 economists surveyed predict the ECB will lower rates by at least 0.25%. But a simple review of ECB...

Can you suggest an option for me? Tore it up this week (Thu-Fri) selling NQ futures in the pre-market and covering significantly lower. These were high confidence trades for me and wondering if I might have done better with some long Put exposure. Looking for some very liquid options on a US...

It is a gross error of logic and common sense to generalize about a population of 1,300,000,000 based on the observation of a few over such a brief window of time. I'm reading Taleb's Black Swan now, and he describes how we are all subject to these gross errors in judgement. The visceral tragedy...

Looking for Hang Seng related chat room. Not sure if references in this thread are still valid - PMs for leads/intros very welcome. I'm a seasoned trader with several years' experience living and working in Asia. Now trading Hang Seng from the US, thanks.

I held some Sep Hang Seng futures contracts overnight heading into LTD (today - Thur in HK) only to learn that trading cancelled today due to Typhoon. Now I'm told by the exchange that there will be no trading in these contracts tomorrow, but they will settle using the average traded price over...

Wondering if anyone here has traded HKSE Futures/Options through Global Futures? I'm thinking about opening a small account to trade MHI on a trial basis and wondering if Global could do the trick. I've used IB in the past, but this account would start small, hence the query. Thanks all...

I'm not sure Instinet 'sells' third party research. If they are like Bloomberg I believe they simply act as a conduit for research delivery. There are numerous portals/agents through which research providers (brokers/independent) can deliver to their clients and wider audience. You need to...

Hi guys - let me preface by saying I'm an old hand on ET. Used my original handle over 2002-2008 or so, but asked Baron to lock it because I was spending too much time here and needed a break as I returned to the workforce. New account today because I have a question: What do we know about...