Recent content by rcarlton88

Can someone explain to me in plain English what a contango is (as well as backwardation)? I have been surfing around the internet/wikipedia/whatever else and the explanations all leave me needing a bit more. Does anyone know it well enough to describe it to me so I understand? Thanks...

Everyone knows by now that the photo was a fake right? http://i.imgur.com/WV5Y0.jpg TMZ isn't the nytimes.

A generation stack is a supply curve.

Wasn't it because a couple of nukes went on FO?

What gives you an edge when trading ERCOT? Do you have a electricity model (DAYZER, PROMOD, etc.?) And how has the nodal market changed ERCOT (assuming you were trading when it was zonal prices as well - I think there used to be four zones. And what are you trading, are you trading...

Listen, gotta read my post before you respond. 2nd, I love when data can back up moronic claims First off let me choose 2 elite schools. Middle 50 % of first year students scores (SAT): Amherst (hopefully you know what this school is, voted 2nd liberal arts by US News) : Critical...

Huh? You couldn't sit in the same room with graduates of top liberal arts colleges and keep up in conversation. They certainly offer something different than the Harvards, but third or fourth tier? You must be delusional.

This is a silly topic. You get far more out of a liberal arts education than any other school. Overpriced, yes - but comments by someone like "reading in some classroom about what others have done instead of living life while the world moves on" is just plain dumb. Now we might be...

Other than tradestation are there any other recommendations people have for downloading historical data to csv (more detailed than daily). I have access to a bloomberg terminal but from what I understand their historical data goes back for like 6 months for detailed equity data.

Hi, Apologies if this has been covered before - a search of the forums and tradestation's site didn't enlighten me. If I register with tradestation am I able to download their historical data in csv format? If not does any one know of a place where you can? Thanks in advance.

Anyone know where I can get historical USD/CAD for the past 10 years.? I would like to download it as a csv. Thanks in advance.

I am trying to follow a few options and would like to have their price information updated in excel. For example the Aug 09 UPS 50 Call I would like its price auto updated when I type in a ticker into excel. If I change the options ticker then I want that info to update for me as well too...