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An ECN (electronic communication network) is a place were rival liquidity providers compete to have the best bid or ask. You can take part in these market by splitting the spread and stepping ahead of the big players. A "bucket shop" is were you trade against the broker. They force you to...

If I were to trade cash forex I would want to make sure that my broker was using a ECN model instead of a "bucket shop" model. I just can't help but think that futures are a better way to trade forex because of the smaller spreads, lower commission and access to "real" options

Where did I get the idea that natural resource wealth is a negative for a country in a capitalistic system? From the IMF, of course. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.cfm?sk=3126.0

To start with I belive that capitalism is the best economic system ever devised. However one weakness that it has is that areas with natural resources often often end up impoverished. This is why I feel that we are obligated in the west to "waste" money on aid.

Funny that the Washington Post would say something bad about a republican. It's really to bad that they have enough power to make him look guilty even if it is just an unfortunate coincident. (However, if he is guilty throw the book at him)

I agree that coal and nuclear are underutilized energy sources and on balance as environmental sound as the alternatives. I am afraid though that there will not be widespread acceptance of this reality until every journalist who voted against Regan retires.

When does the new member give us a link to his magical website?

Okay, how about I would like IB to let me know that it is available on their website. http://www.interactivebrokers.com/cgi-pub/exchange_display_web.pl?einfo=usCME2&file=GLOBEX.html

Does any one know what the tick size is in he cash market? I have looked on Cantor's website but I can't find it. Perhaps the different platforms (Thomson, Cantor etc) have different tick sizes.

I would really like to see the full sized S&P 500 contract available for trading during globex hours

In US Government bond trading are the futures traded off the cash market or does the cash market drive the futures market? When my order sent through IB to the CBOT is the best bid and I get a fill does that mean someone from Goldman Sachs got a fill in the interbank cash market and is able to...

I have looked at the Asian contracts many time as a way to keep my capital moving around the clock but ES just does so much volume even during the night that it is hard for me to be bothered trading the Asian contracts. Here's something to to look at regarding the NIY (nikkei in yen)and the...

I could answer this for you but not with the elegance of coach Phil.(thanks for all the help in the past)

What do you think?

If you are looking at trading the DAX futures so that you can trade and keep a day job you should consider trading ES (e-mini S&P 500 futures). Often (although I haven't checked for a while) ES will have more volume before 8:30 am than the DAX futures. Since you can also trade ES in the evening...

One thing to consider when forecasting interest rates is the spilling of liquidity from Japan. The BOJ recently said that the period of super loose monetary policy will be over soon. It must be considered as a possible bearish factor for US government bonds and could have huge implications for...

I would really like to see at time and sales window

Scottrade is setup to make retired school teachers feel good about themselves. There marketing ploy is to make them think "I just did some thing smart, I went from paying 100 commission to ten and that Roger Riney fellow is there ito help whenever I need him" Do you know the difference...

I just reworked the numbers and came to your conclusion. Another way to think about is that each tick is worth four percentage points of probability.

http://www.cbot.com/cbot/pub/page/0,3181,1563,00.html The last price of 96.280 would suggest to me that the market is pricing in a %99.2 chance of a hike. (3.72/3.75=0.992)