Recent content by MCT

What platform are you on? I'm using TT and seem to be liking it, wish their charts were a bit better but overall pretty solid. I like trading flies so they are usually pretty safe, but I've had some experiences where they shift out a ton. I was long the U5 fly like 2 weeks ago and it broke like...

Yeah, I'm pretty new to it but like I said I am really liking trading. What do you trade? I see a lot of the guys on here are the kind of guys that do long term positions, maybe one day I'll get there but for now I like to get in and get out. Though I will see tons of opportunity to leave...

haha! Yes I started out on the simulator and I was in for quite the shock when I started on a live screen. The simulator fills you on your price anytime it trades, its like always being at the front of the line. Then I got on a live screen and realized its a bit harder to get a fill. I figured...

Interesting, is there perhaps a chart of rates based on size? I looked on the cme website but didnt find much. Yeah I have definitely experienced that, it seems that the higher up the curve I work, my size grows exponentially. Isn't it just as simple as changing your operating range to a lower...

I'm new to a few of the terms you are using but i am assuming rt= retail trade? I'm not sure what the pound was at back then, but right now thats over $1USD per contract...thats crazy. What is it about ZIRP that makes it harder to trade? is it a lack of liquidity, or flow through, as in its...

Ordered! thanks for the help. So you mentioned you havent traded STIRS in a while, what are you trading these days, and why did you move away from STIRS? I saw that book had a section on fixed and variable costs which i was pretty interested in, I've been wondering what most people pay per...

That clears it up slightly for me, but then I would ask why would MU not be implied on the offer, only on the bid. This type of implied I only see when the two prices for the fly are diagonal to eachother, one bid and one offer. Because if it was as you explain then lets say 21 went offer...

Here's an illustration to see if it helps to better illustrate my question.

Thanks for your help H20, I found this article based on what you told me to search which seems to explain well the instant execution side of implieds https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/files/Butterflies.pdf And I understand your example of basically cutting up a 6 month into 3...

Hey guys, I just started trading Eurodollars a few months ago, so i'm new to the game still, but i've definitely been enjoying it so far. I found this site and was hoping to get a conversation going with other eurodollar traders. I had a question regarding implieds that I can't seem to figure...