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The future contracts are not "linked" to the underlying stocks. Any two traders just agree on a price and are responsible to each other for the difference at some date in the future, unless one party buys/sells their side of the contract before the agreed upon date. They mirror each other in...

As far as spreads are concerned they are comparable

Okay so I just downloaded the demo. I had been using FXCM since the Refco crash. But I've been online all day and I kept viewing their ad on the main page. I said why not and thought I would try them out. First off, this thing is like 17MB. So I loaded it up and I get all these features. The...

I found this site after I alreadly studied for the 7. You're right a lot of the info. becomes irrelevant the more you actually trade. But taking the test provided a nice starting point in a lot of areas.

I was lucky enough to be mentored by one of the big names in the game . . . Suprisingly enough I learned most everything I do now, on my own. Don't get me wrong. My mentor pointed me in the right direction. Mentors really provide an example of how to deal with sucess. They're more of a...

60/80 market days or are we talking calendar?

The best place to learn about all of this is cme. com or something like that. They usually list every contract you can trade on each exchange.

So I get this right: I'm showing my hand by posting this and/or other stuff on ET? I won't stay consistently positive b/c I enjoy posting on trading-related message boards? This constitues not "having a feel for the market"? I'll have way more than just a "feel" after you email me your...

I'm tired of coming in here having to defend myself. I was never really scared of my tests becoming obsolete over this one incident. I was a little unnerved knowing that someone has access to my work. I mean you're not willing to just give away your models to me are you? You can PM me if...

we had to build a cpu in a class i took in college. You're right it takes about four hours. I don't really see the advantage in stuff like this. As inexpensive(compared to a few years ago) as CPUs have become, it may be more costly to build your own. Remember this big companies order in...

sounds like any money paid out to you is safe. Look further into this though because some firms pay out quarterly. So if you're up big one month and the firms goek bkrpt then it could be an issue.

Seriously guys thanks for all the posts. It happened Thursday. All day Friday I was more or less shocked and didn't think of saying anything to anyone. The boss was gone. Over the weekend you know I didn't even think about it, seeing how I was not hurt. But when I saw the head guy this...

It doesn't matter baby! I'm out. I'm sitting on a pile of cash. ET's is for winners! Can't wait for November 6th.

It's not that I don't know how to find correlation. I do this for a living. I mixed up the term correlation as defined by math and science, and the term "correlation" as we throw it around our office. I think word I was intended was "divergence in terms of percentage of price". These...

Its tough man. Now that the boss is back, do I tell him? That's the big question. All of that data really belongs to him. Hehe.

Considering how much the yen has moved to the upside I think it's time for a reversal. To trade this interest rate thing in Japan think about shorting eurodollars.

Alright so I got correlation down. Gives you values between 1 and -1. So I'm assuming the higher the hist. correl. and higher the price divergence . . . the better chances the gap should close?

what is it? October or November? I'm standing here with my permanent Sharpie ready to mark out the date. Got my broker on the other phone liquidating all my positions.

Just so you're aware . . if I'd stole your comp. and by some small chance you had profitable strategies stored there . . I'd trade 'em.

There's another thread (see yesterday) about this day of week crap. I'm sure you can find some trades anyday of the week. I don't trade any different on Friday. I'm sure a lot of traders can also attest that they keep a pretty steady regimen, be it Mon, tues, etc. As far as mutual fund...