Recent content by market_hacker

I suspect much like Fark.com, politically divisive posts and members are "good for business" at ET. they raise post counts and page views which pays the rent..

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whew thanks for the tip, i pulled my bid just in time, i'm now best bid: 1 @ $999 it's not bad, but i don't get that price at all

I've got 1 @ $250

Congratulations on being a big boy. I would be honored to take that mantle of "little trader". I hereby annoint myself king of losing 1 lot traders and will defend their interests to the best of my ability. Now that you are secure in your penis size lets get back to the the main point which...

That's because only some people can get access to it which is the reason its unfair and we're better off with a level playing field.

yeah right he's the man. don't believe the hype, he somehow financially benefits from knowing counterparty information and in order to protect that edge is inventing problems that don't exist and implying unethical behavior ("dirtbags") is the end result of disagreeing with his position. a...

sparohook is right. the press focuses on the -955 but the entire trade was a pretty big win to my eyes anyway. also buffet's BRK report indicates that the euro position he unwound has effectively been replaced by non-dollar denominated holdings (overseas companies) so in effect he's really...

thanks, i'm glad someone read them. the thread died after my post, i thought maybe i bored everyone to death. Oh, and btw the CBOT reversed their position at the last second and will continue to give counterparty info away through back office feeds. Of course not everybody has access to it...

CBOT cut their fees by 75% (and free for six months to members) as a competitive response. At that point its almost impossible to pry the open interest away. Of course once it was clear EurexUS was dead the fees went back up..

Just so we're clear I want more public participation not less. I wasn't sure if you were implying otherwise above. I would argue that detecting and exploiting counterparty information is actually more difficult on the screen than it was on the floor and that this has been a positive thing for...

This is going away http://www.cme.com/trading/get/adv/18848.html Reminder: CME Clearing and CME Globex Contra-party Information Changes To improve the anonymity of the CME electronic marketplace, the following changes will be made to the CME Clearing (TREX) messages, the back-office...

I think a better approach might be to consider your alternatives as: 1) Anonymity which encourages large order flow to come to a central liquidity pool which is a *relatively* level and fair playing field in which we can all participate. 2) Everything becomes internalized and only big...

Ohh, pooooor baby. Are those 19 out of 20 people whose backs you're riding on ruining the ride with their complaining? Why don't you convert the 5% number that surprised you so much 3 posts ago and reevaluate where you stand against worldwide wealth levels. then maybe show a little...

CVD was actually developed at TT an is available in XStudy (the free charting package that was just released with xtrader 7.0) XStudy collects the bid/ask info required.