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Can we specify the weights of the two? Thanks.

In ThinkorSwim can we chart the ratio of the price of two securities? Is it in one of the Studies? And more advanced, can we chart weight2*stock1-weight2*stock2 in order to visualize the payoff of a long short trade? (we can do that with combined contracts in IB.)

Anyone knows?

The level is so compelling that I actually went straight to shorting TMF.

Just as an update for those who replied here and Wilmott, especial thanks to Martinghaul. I would like to close this 2/5 flattener trade and I am opening a 10/30 flattener.

Anyone knows what the duration for Dec 11 10yr treasury future (CTD) is right now? Want to establish a 10 30 flattener.

I heard that in the US, investment websites offering opinions on stocks, bonds, FX, and commodities to the public may be OK as long as they don't give investment advice to individual persons. What are the rules in other major countries/regions, for example Europe, Canada, and Australia? Are...

Anyone can give some insights on any of these regions? Thanks.

Which major broker allow trading Malaysia MYR/USD and Taiwan TWD/USD currencies? I looked at IB and TOS and they don't seem to have them (or do they?).

This is not different from trading any other securities for example Walmart stock. Outcomes are always some what depending on random events, but it doesn't mean that we don't trade Walmart.

1. (to m22au) The chance of US default is not near zero. 2. But it is not priced in the market yet. (to Martinghoul) If you don't like to look at the Silly Sov CDS as you call it then you can look at the extremely low treasury yields. 3. which still shows your first factor is not a main...

US Sov CDS still lower than the level at Lehman moment, so the first factor is not a big reason.

Bank of America CDS is now closed to Lehman moment levels, so are the CDS' of some other financial institutions. But Ted spread is still very low. So with this kind of banking stress the market is not seeing any liquidity pressure?

I heard that in the US, investment websites offering opinions on stocks, bonds, FX, and commodities to the public may be OK as long as they don't give investment advice to individual persons. What are the rules in other major countries/regions, for example Europe, Canada, and Australia? Are...

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Can we set it so that I see 30 replies on one page so that we don't need to click to another page so often? Thanks.

Which broker provides Economic data charting/download? For example, non-farm payroll, money supply, and housing price data? I am using IB and they don't have them.

Anyone?

Is there a charting tool/website (like stockcharts.com for ratios) so that I chart directly without using Excel?