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no butt kicked, up more than 100% in 5 months on a 6 figure account so no worry. During a rally or sell off this does not apply as one of my assumptions is market at equilibrium.

Sucre Estave, Nononsense, I actually do not believe it's frontrunning by the broker nor some tricks played on me, it's actually the result of market makers/arbitrageurs that will systematically place limit orders both on the bid and the offer at all the prices. Depending on market action...

so far, wide distribution of answers!

no. But I find them a useful measure of liquidity under certain market conditions.

yes, you are right. I trade using X-trader 100 contracts at a time and find the markets sometimes quite illiquid. I also feel like my limit orders are the last to get filled even if I placed a while ago (I believe I know why..). I wonder what size the biggest players trade on an intra-day...

maybe we could try to define slippage as follow: assuming the market trades at X and is at equilibrium, i.e. equidistant to the offer and the bid and there is roughly the same number of contracts Y sitting on the bid and on the offer, and you are next to trade and you lift the offer...

how many contracts before you start experiencing slippage during liquid trading hours (defined as 9.30 to 11.30 and 14.00 to the close)?

I don't like this trade, it sounds too easy...:confused:

yes, the ZC contract

it's 09:30 in Chicago and nothing is going on, what's going on?

hi there, anybody living/trading from Perth? How is it? What's good/bad about the city/region? Would you live somewhere else in Australia? Thanks

why should oil transactions be $ denominated?

why should they fear the US, these guys have oil, the most valuable bargaining good in the world. Military intervention is not an option for the US. There is no quick solution

this is a carry trade that cannot be perfectly hedged unless you are willing to sacrify the interest rate differential. You will lose if the yen appreciates by more than this interest rate differential. If you try to hedge this with options via collars or other, the forwards used to price...

well, I can't compete, you seem to be versed in Latin. Let's see how markets will factor increased chances of military intervention PS - this post doesn't endorse military intervention

I thought using a "dead" language made sense for this subject

this could prove interesting, "Iran faces tangible and painful consequences" dixit John Bolton. War could be closer than we think

nope, selling pressure all day long

is there a speed difference between the two, i.e. are you at a disadvantage if you use one versus the other? what are the main differences in terms of functionality/features?

I don't get your point