Recent content by jeffreyskeldon

Ramoutar, on what trigger event and on what day and level did you sell short the market?

What is "SL" RN?

Where is beautiful "PB"?

Bone, how is a retail trader going to build a profitable equity spread trading portfolio without significant SPAN offsets? The trading cost of bid/ask spreads, commissions, margin interest and short equity borrowing costs are a huge hurdle to overcome for a retail customer.

I am unsure if the Interactive Brokers Simulated Trading platform is fully reliable. For example the simulated trading platform fails to take into consideration dividends receivable. It appears that a portfolio of ETF's will take a hit during the dividend declaration period without realizing...

Good afternoon Maverick74, I have been attempting to trade market neutral for 12 months with limited success. If possible, please provide any recommended books, links, resources that I can study to improve my performance in market neutral trading. Thanks.

Thanks for your response Maverick74, your response makes a lot of sense. The market and hedging is interesting, explains the relatively small pull backs that have been experienced in recent years. The market keeps on climbing, despite uncertainty and negative economic conditions...

Who is 'DB"?

TMF As a proxy for 20+ treasury bond Why TMF, surely TLT is a better choice? Jeffrey Skeldon Lewisville (Dallas/Fort Worth), Texas.

Traders who are currently long this market, after this years huge run up on QE2, are facing a high risk area with the uncertainty of the government shut down. Maverick are you net long this market at these levels? Jeffrey Skeldon Lewisville (Dallas/Fort Worth), Texas.

Good evening, this ETF pair that may be a promising pair trade, the correlation is 0.80. PowerShares QQQ Russell 2000 Value Index Fund IWN Any professional traders successfully trading Nasdaq 100 vs. Russell 2000 on a daily basis?

Good evening professional traders, please provide your thoughts on successful ETF pair trading, if this is even possible. Thanks.

I am attempting to construct an ETF pair portfolio. The portfolio will comprise of non leveraged ETF's that have a daily volume of over 1 million. An ETF pair will have a correlation of over 0.80, is this correlation reasonable? Will 15-20 ETF pairs be a sufficient number to provide...