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I mostly trade futures but what I use for a guide when evaluating scalping systems is "did the price level I was trying to buy at become the ask or did the price level I was trying to sell at the become the bid?". I would think that for ZF trading this rule would hold true up to about 100...

Work History September 2003-Present Financial Asset Trader, Assets include stocks, bonds, futures, options and mortgages. Traded over $14.2 million dollars in 2004. I am very skilled a financial risk management. March-September 2003 Travel, I visited Britain, Mexico and Alberta...

Example trade; The goal of this trade is to profit in the congested overnight market while fully insured against excessive loss by owning a put and call (price insurance against an up or down move) for each future. The contract is the futures on the U.S. Government five year bonds on the...

Fund Objectives; The primary objective to generate monthly income streams through activity in financial markets. Maintaining capital and limiting risk will go hand and hand with the primary objective. Past Performance; Forth quarter 2004- 16% gain First quarter 2005- 36% gain...

Thank for the feedback on my first thread. Here is a little different approach. It comes in three parts; first the fund objectives, then an example trade and finally my resume. Let me know what you think.

A much easier spread to trade would be a euribor calendar futures spread on LIFFE. You can trade it through interactive brokers. Once you get used to how news effects the yield curve you could then try a schatz/bobl spread. The bund whipsaws so much that I really think it is something for...

I would never open a brokerage account with a Canadian bank because they want to count your brokerage leverage towards the formula of how much money you can borrow against you salary or assets. "Sorry sir, but you mortgage application is denied because you shorted a eurodollar contract" says...

I too agree with your comments on the bund. I thought using a gentle push away from the bund into something similar might be a good way to get a newbie who is already pricing new cars to trade something better to start with. Deal fever is a hard thing to argue with.

What would happen to oil? It would come out of the ground at an alarming rate in Fort McMurray.

Enough talk of food already, your making me hungry, Seriously though If I was starting of trading I would trade the Schatz (German 2 year debt) futures using option to limit risk. The schatz is a lot less volatile than the bund giving you more chances to do learning trades and still have...

Risktaker, What do you usually trade?

The Bomb, There is a lot of misinformation on this thread. Spreads require very little capital if done right and are a great way to trade with limited risk. The best spreads to trade are futures calendar spreads. You need a contract that has volume of many months such as the eurodollar or...

Yes the small amount, I was going to put bigger amount here to avoid criticism but this is why the small amount money. The guys who are interested are seriously rich (net worth of 10-100 million). I wanted to get my foot in the door with a small amount of money, pay them monthly dividends for a...

Business Type: Stock and Futures Market Making Looking to raise: $50,000 Manager: ZF Trader Payback: Monthly dividend of 75% of funds in excess of $50,000, 20% of dividend to fund manger. The Opportunity: Market making in the stock and futures market is a very profitable business...

I think it is time to switch from stop loss orders to buying a call or put. (Although I think it has been that time for a while)

In my next post is the executive summary of my business plan. I have a couple of farmers around 50 years old looking to invest with me. If you could please let me know what you think of it. I just want everyone to know that I am not looking for money from anyone here. I know that traders by...

The whole concept of trading being "a zero sum game" is completely false and dangerous. Is buying insurance on a house a "zero sum game"? Is a cattle auction just a form of gambling for farmers. Is it a strange co-relation that countries with the highest futures and stock volumes also have the...

How about this; what if the ET trader brigade got together and decide to reduce the spread on the Hong Kong dollar to one pip on IDEAL PRO for a week. What would the folks at the Hong Kong monetary authority or UBS think? If we can get ten traders to sign up by next Thursday we will go live the...

Buy on rumour.......

Do you know where I can find a spec sheet like they use in commerial real estate?