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Right answer, Rodney King. That's why I suppose these are herd like tactics. "Consortiums" of HFT boutiques playing these sort of games together.

Try to place an URL. Some parties may have true interest...

I can report that I have created one more job in NYC. Jesus, working skill has become so cheap in this city since the CRISIS broke out...:D

Yeah, call GS or Nomura in London. No problem :=)

Question : what is the maximum allowed ordersize in Mini S&P ? Can you "hit" a 5000 lot order ?

In this very moment I am observing a deceptive quoting order at bid 1167.75 for 4300 lots in Mini S&P June, now dissapearing "only" bid 368. What a difference...And this bullsh.t is observable 22,5 hours every single day.

Recently, there has been a great deal of talk in Congress about instituting a tax on transactions, the so-called "trader tax". The goal is to raise needed revenue for the federal government and to force Wall Street to pay for the losses incurred by the federal government in supporting...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- A European Union contingency plan to help Greece would include 22 billion euros to be provided by eurozone members and the International Monetary Fund, according to a report in the French daily Le Figaro. No details were provided to determine the proportion to be...

Selling 6099.00 or better. Cashing in on 6100 DEC calls. Proceeds to be invested into 5850.00 puts.

Remember, the good old days of China’s dollar bashing? Well, no more. There is a new victim in town, and it’s called the euro. In today’s sovereign crisis-filled world, it seems bashing the euro is fair game — even if it’s counter intuitive. After all, if you don’t like the...

News came to us on Wednesday, via the Daily Mail (yes, sorry), of an interesting twist in the saga of Ukrainian reform. According to the report, the country’s new prime minister, Mykola Azarov, made a strategic decision when appointed to form an all-male cabinet because, as the quote dating...

BofA to offer forgiveness of up to 30 pct in two stages * Statement due Weds, also covers negative amortization loans (Adds detail, background) By David Lawder WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - Bank of America will on Wednesday announce plans to start forgiving mortgage loan principal...

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Fitch Ratings downgraded Portugal's long-term foreign and local currency issuer default ratings to AA- from AA on Wednesday. The outlooks on the long-term IDRs are negative, the agency said. The downgrade reflects significant budgetary underperformance in 2009. "A...

A U.S. senator threatened retaliation if European Union proposals curbing access of American fund managers to the European market become law. In a sign that a European effort to increase regulation of hedge funds and other alternative-investment vehicles could escalate into a broader...

NEW YORK (Reuters)—Hedge fund manager Doug Kass on Monday [March 22] said his bearish calls in recent months that the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 stock index would decline in the double-digits are proving to be wrong. Mr. Kass, the widely followed founder and president of Seabreeze...

Sure, dip buying oppoertunities. :)

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has ordered 78 state companies whose core business is not property to submit plans to divest from the sector within 15 working days, state media reported on Tuesday. The order, from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC), is part of...

15000 RT/million/year...that's not a large number... I am executing 12000 - 16000 RT/million/MONTH... Where are you clearing your business since you left RCG ? :)

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The Federal Reserve will be required to identify the names of banks that could have collapsed if not for the central bank's emergency lending, a federal appeals court said Friday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York ruled that the Fed needs...

About the magic of speed lines.....