Recent content by maptrader

can anyone reccomend a good site to learn more about treasury auctions? I'd like to learn more about indirect bids and bid to cover, etc. I assume the treasry website should have something informative but I didn't see anything. Thanks for any suggestions.

what does "bump" mean on these threads?

Sid is still alive? Modern medicine is amazing. Who'd have ever guessed you can live to 120?

does anyone else think fadertrader is a total ass? This guy is trying to move on to something different and fadertrader is shitting on him. What's the point?

How can you study for 3 years or more and bust your ass and not know the answers to those questions?

So would they laugh if I sent them my resume? I traded equity options on the floor for a small group. Definately not Hull or SIG or anyone like that. Maybe they would think I'm qualified to answer phones.

I'll read that book for sure. Thanks. As you can tell from looking at my past posts, I've been contemplating this move out of trading for a long time. Probably 2 years. I realized around 2003 that I was a pretty good floor trader (in options) , but the off-floor thing has been somehwhat of...

Can anyone enlighten me on what a job in a mutual fund might be like? I'm not talking about a major wall street firm. But more of a smaller tier firm. With maybe 2-10 billion under management. I threw in the towell on a 5 year trading career last week because I want to find something...

Very similar to the end of May. Short squeeze in the 10 yr.

I'd like to read the article but am I missing something? What is TID 885rc?

who are the companies? I'm sure someone reading this post will have some info on them.

My subconsciuos? It's more like my conscious mind telling me to get out of trading. I've been fighting it for a couple of years. The equity swings aren't as easy to take anymore. A wife and kids can do that to you. I was asking about the GMAT because I really don't know which direction to go...

Not that it has anything to do with trading, but I am thinking of taking the GMAT to see how I score. Can anyone reccomend a way to study for it? Is there a good online course? How long does it take to prepare sufficiently?