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But it is still requires you to make 1 tic , so it is still an issue. Swing volatility is easy , re-read what I said . *wink*

Depends on what you mean by DT . If you mean the sort of thrash that goes on in the DT firms which sprang up in the dot.com bubble then yes , they are crap cause they are just gamblers w/o any idea or risk control and with low Returns to risk to boot. If you mean short term trading then I say...

ABSOLUTELY .

Actually I believe you. I think for a 1$B , it's difficult for them to operate in the same markets as the little guys. I mean you can hardly expect them to be content with 150 lots on the fTSE future. So they have to do these huge volume but smaller ROCE per capita type trades ...

everyone knows who made the big losses , but who are the guys on the winning side? I mean derivatives or not - 0 sum game right ? so someone has got to be a big winner in all of this . My guess - shareholders of the Fed : JPChase, Rothchilds etc , who have been conspicuously quite. Any...

NNNNNNNNNNNnnnnnnnnngggggggg. What was that ?

unbiased ? when a member of govt owns the damn thing ? no yahoos? how about Marc faber , does not actively trade yet acts like he is a hedge fund manager and he got that stupid high pitch robot voice of his : NNNNNNNNnnnnnnggggggggggggg.....

I thought you said you are a bank trader.

Yes I agree , from what I know HF setups are as you say. Bank so called props are nothing more than glorified bums pimping off their market making and frontrunning facilities.

So why do you stay there ?

Exactly what did haines say that pisses people off so much ?

Oh yes ....

I do mainly swing on the Dax and I have read most of this thread. But when it comes back and moves within a range , I am looking to do small moves with greater frequency of trade. I very much doubt if anyone can meaningfully scrape the Dax [ yes it's scraping and not scalping ], as the...

I know what it feels like , you are prolly with a bank of some sort. I used to trade with a fund and i couldn't stand it and now I returned to being on my own. It's BS trading , so many restrictions that you whole system is warped out of shape. Nonsense. I bet the Hedgies don't trade...