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several of them that day, dow futures also had a massive spike lower late in the evening. all i have written in my diary is several big spikes in dax and dow. that was the night bund and bobl also caused carnage.

yeah, that was on expiry of the June contract, Ftse did the same when it went off just prior to that.

feb 27th 2007 is the first dec 22nd 2006 was another oct 27th 2006 was another although not as profitable aug 15th 2006 another one was commerzbank fat finger last feb/mar

actually it was all over in 15 seconds, got my audit trail to prove that. I can tell you for a fact i know for 4 other occassions in the last 15 months when that happened. will dig out dates for you if you like i keep a comprehensive trading diary.

exactly, taking on shit loads of graduates and teaching them to trade a stupid spread was gonna screw them over sooner or later.

no trades busted, i brought 80 lots between 7925-7950....none of mine busted. all sold above 7980. This does happen several times a year, however first time i can remember it happening this time of night.

really, that is Tony Driscolls mob isn't it?? That is the 2nd group i have heard about in the last 2 weeks.

good friend of mine just took a risk management job with a big US bank who shall remain nameless. As part of his job he regularly talks to the prop traders there. He says they have a system which can tell them what part of a bid or offer is paper/algo order driven and what part is local. He...

never mind the holiday week, it was during the ECB press conference....been a lot fo talk across Europe about protectionism lately. i think Trichet was asked a question about it. The story in FT about German Government saying certain German companies could not fall into foreign ownership...

Beaker, where do you trade? (PM me if you prefer) I know people at most arcades in and around London, having been a local since 2000 and having been on the Liffe floor 6 years prior to that. I am afraid it is a case of adapting. Years ago i made my living from Schatz/Bobl and then in...

i have given up trading bobl as a result of the change. It is now a joke contract.

i heard someone screwed up thought they were on the simulator. Seen that a number of times before, and kind of rings bells with regard to the other times it happened. I remember one time back in 1999, when someone was showing 9999 bid and offered in the bund, in those days bunds were a lot...