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thanks for all the help. Did you work with Great Point? How did you like it?

correct shadow? 3D Shape?

Well, anyone has any thoughts on these tests? Has anyone here taken one before? Have to take one soon and just thought if I prepare for anything specific

I remember doing options and dealing with implied volitility. The difference between actual and implicit volatility can thus be regarded as an indicator of the expected development in the market risk from the present levels. An indication of the expected development in the market risk can also...

I have little knowledge of swaps/forward, just starting out to learn but read an article on how someone may use forward on USD/JPY to imply future USD/JPY trend? thank you for your patience xflat, but how would you answer the question is there a market forward curve on USD/JPY, so that we...

so there's absolutely no implied future prediction value of the curve say USD/JPY?

is there a market forward curve on USD/JPY, so that we know what the market is implying on the future USD/JPY trend?

thank you xflat for you response. I'm just learning about forwards and the answer may be more basic than what it seems. I'm just trying to find out how do we get the forward curve for currencies and how far out does it go to. so far I came up with this. A forward curve is a graph of...

anyone else?

thank you for the response, I'm just learning this so please excuse my ignorance. what are the standard months? I am specifically interested in currency forwards and in my research I see typical 1 month, 3 month, and something to do with LIBOR. What are some typical applications of forwards...

i'm new to the forward curves, anyone able to explain?

thank you for the reply, can you elaborate that? From what I've read, there are arb uses, and the common rate is the LIBOR? What uses does the currency curve have? I'm just trying to put everything together. Thanks!

how do we get the forward curve on currency, and how far out does it go?

well i want to work for a big institutional bank such as JP Morgan.

well I need to get NASD licenses but I do not know a firm that can sponsor me. I am interested in the 7, 63,65, 55. How do you recommend about getting these licenses. I really don't want to trade, I just need a sponsor and somewhere to hold it. Is there any firms that I can put some money down...

can you give me an explicit concrete example? Let's say that the market maker is continous. Does that mean he will open a position right after he closes the previous one or once the bid/offer moves, he also posts a new bid/offer? If the market is one sided, say, rallying, would he market make...

I am assuming we are talking about exchange traded products. The less liquid securities are different.

can you elaborate that? On NASADAQ, there's competing market makers so wouldn't adjusting the price mean less business for you? How would they hedge their exposure?

something I always wondered. Why do instiutional bank's fixed-income division sales and trading team always advocate market- making? How do they do it? I mean if the market is one sided and you are the one providing liquidity, aren't you going to accumulate a huge position? Are they always in...

my goal is to generate as much volume as I can in the spot forex market but be at scratch. Any thoughts on how to proceed?