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    Anyone Trading in the Maritimes

    Would love to get in touch if anyone is trading out on the east coast of Canada?
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    Chances of ECB rate cut?

    Not that crazy. Deutsche put out a piece the other day calling for 50 bps of easing by first quarter 08.
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    BOE Lends 10 Billion Three-Month Money, Widens Collateral Range

    Looks like their little experiment backfired. The actions of the BoE over the past few weeks has been Very embarrasing. I'm looking for someone to make me good odds on Lomax being the next in charge. Worth a punt!!
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    How to get Trading job at a Hedge Fund?

    Some of the larger players will hire Junior execution traders and junior middle office staff. eFinancialCareers may help you out.
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    futures are more fair over stocks?

    Not ALL futures are executed on a first come, first served basis!
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    Greenspan: "currency trading is like predicting coin tossing"

    should read 'higher/lower in seconds' obviously.
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    Greenspan: "currency trading is like predicting coin tossing"

    Agreed, when some institutions/players give or pay you, you know you need to reverse as soon as possible or you will be wearing the trade 10-20 points higher in seconds. Very difficult to do!
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    How to profit from the Japanese new(?) interest raste clycle

    Trade Euroyen interest rate futures if you want to play the short end of the curve.
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    Overnight Swap cost

    It's a shame for the trader as trading currency pairs with large interest rate differentials can be quite costly then. Probably a much better idea to trade the future.
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    Overnight Swap cost

    Yes, 2 full points seems excessive even though I am not clued up on the world of retail FX. Can't believe this is what they charge for an overnight swap in the Euro and cable when they probably get competitive rates from their clearer.
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    Overnight Swap cost

    which currency pair
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    question about swift trading

    I don't want to sit here and argue about the pros and cons of swift, (I would be far from an expert on the subject) but the fact that someone would give away so much of their profits (more than 50%) with no base salary and an expectation of having to pay desk and other fees strikes me as...
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