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Thank goodness- I was beginning to think that this thread was full of loons.

If there are deceptive practices going on, then by all means, throw the book at them. However, for some reason, the word 'speculator' has become a dirty word. Why on EARTH would anyone think it's a good idea, in this day and age and in this country, to make a move to curb speculators? If some...

Other than the "Walter Mitty" types who've never had a trade on, these conspiracy theorists are probably the same idiots who were short at every top. Great observation.

I couldn't agree more. However, interfering in a working free market is really just changing the rules midstream. If, when oil was priced at $18/b, and the Federal Govt. said "if oil prices rise to the level that our country cannot function productively, then we will intervene", this would be...

You've missed my point. I didn't say that anyone was hurt by the high price of Yahoo. Rather, I merely pointed out that the price action was conducted in an open market, and corrected itself, without any intervention. Prices simply corrected to a fairly priced level. If you are saying that...

If these same speculators were jumping on a BEAR RUN in oil, driving prices down, harming the "big bad oil companies" and OPEC, nobody would say a word. You either believe that speculation is good and should be dealt with in a free market, or you believe that whenever we get into a bit of...

My goodness- I NEVER heard people complaining about "rampant speculation" in 1998 when talking about the NASDAQ market- it was only when the bubble burst that speculators called out, but there weren't any serious calls for MORE REGULATION in the face of that. The market simply tood care of...

Does anyone have any resources available for working in the custom formulas/studies/conditions in CQG? That is, other than contacting the help dept. at CQG- I've contacted them numerous times, and asked for some resources- each time, I've had someone send me a link to the website with almost no...

What products do you trade?

You would need to lease 2 different seats in order to get member rates for BOTH YM and NQ. CME Group did not consolidate the seats at the CME and CBOT, so the member rates only apply to the seats that they did prior to the buyout. In a general sense, the websites are full of info about the...

Actually, under most flat tax proposals I've read about, they would exempt the first $40k or so. Everyone under that pays ZERO. Steve Forbes has a brilliant, well thought out plan. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/congress/forbes_flat_tax.html However, I do agree- our govt would never enact...

Excellent post- Limitdown- read every word of this post. It contains facts, not public opinion, not the reporting of a local ABC affiliate. I realize that this forum is anonymous, but I would recommend that you arm yourself with some facts. It will help others identify you as a somewhat...

Profiteering...Judging from your grammar, I'm guessing that you aren't from the US. Profiteering isn't really relevant in this case in this country. In fact, now you may not believe this, but profits are actually something that companies and shareholders actually consider good. GO FIGURE...

Please read this carefully, Plugger. His words are what we can use to judge him on. He is, in fact, a US Market bear. And that's fine. But don't confuse the facts here. His bias is self serving- he will increase the AUM if he convinces people that he's right. As for Westbury, you just...

Westbury is excellent, and if you would take the time to go back and read what he's been saying for the last 2 years, you'd know that. Just because he doesn't parrot the populist opinions of the day...(Cramer, et al) doesn't mean he's wrong- it just means he's taking a much closer look at the...

That you, IRS?

it's a bit shortsighted to think that the world is being hurt by oil being priced in dollars. True, for this moment, OPEC countries would be getting a better price for their oil, but at the same time, European countries, who don't produce significant oil, are currently enjoying the greater oil...

hrokling- Thanks for the explanation- I am getting caught up on the thread, and I will be watching with interest.

If you don't mind, could you tell us what the basis for this trade was? Thanks