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I think it was Goldman Sachs that urged the SEC back in the days to introduce equity futures, citing it would allow big investment banks to manipulate equity futures markets overnight (with little volume) in the direction most profitable for their trading desks. More money for the boyz, no money...

Shorting BSC today. Bastards.

They guided down I think.

Add to that: Philly bank index trading like puke, close to 52w lows.

Just as smart as shorting stuff that goes up $70.

A general piece of advice: There are many "good" countries for traders. 1. One third of them is nice (Bahamas, Bermuda, BVI, Monte Carlo, Channel Islands etc.) and you don't pay taxes, but you get raped on living expenses. Real estate prices are soaring because many tax refugees rather pay...

Short positions generate interest income. That's probably what they distribute (minus any expense fees they charge).

Good and important thread, although I feel sorry for the OP and wish him all the best resolving the issue quickly and to his fullest satisfaction. Here is my story which happened sometime in August of this year. I was way luckier than the OP. First off, a few pieces of information: - All my...

Consider Australia or New Zealand.

Yes I do remember and I disagree. Things in the markets don't change in one day. Topping out is a process that can take weeks and months with sharp sell offs and rapid short covering rallies wearing out investors one by one, leaving more and more sectors with bearish charts until there's no...

I have a question. What's your fascination with bear markets? Does one become a better trader if we expect a bear market after every 2% dip? I think its good to be skeptical and careful in order to preserve capital, but in all honesty, we're off what like 5% of all time highs? Let's talk...

One can think of Rogers whatever one wants but two things are undeniable: 1. He made money unlike many many other talking heads. I read somewhere he has a net worth of $200m. Surely others have fared better than him, but then again, many many others did a lot worse. 2. He has brass balls...

What I wonder about guys like Faber: Was he ever bullish? I mean is there - in his mind - ever a chance to make any money on the long side of equities?

Congrats stock, I wish I made 5% every day like clockwork :(

Where is this article from? www.goldbugbears.com ? :D

You forgot to mention it was a low volume suckers rally!

Spreads jump to 10 pips at 3:45 ET on Fridays @ Oanda.

So whats going on in the DAX again? ES down 1.6%, DAX down 0.3 now @ 2:44pm EST. What's lending the DAX support? Opinions?

Sold short a couple dozen IWM puts. Gotta love premium $$$.

Thanks for the heads up. I don't have enough cash left in my account to buy enough common stock outright, so I just shorted a bunch of at the money put contracts. Risk free $$$.