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    Tim Sykes Article in Financial Times

    Once you've voted there vote here: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=105009
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    Book Titles

    Which have you read
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    Tim Sykes Article in Financial Times

    So 33% of readers will buy his book... thats so much more than expected!
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    What happens to live contracts at rollver??

    Settlement of the September future was done at the cashi Index price at the close of the 13:00 auction... This might have been very similar to the DEC future price. So at 13:00 all stocks in the DAX Index go into auction and the opening price of the auction is the price at which the DAX future...
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    What happens to live contracts at rollver??

    You learned the hard way but trading without knowing the exchange rules is really risky. Here are the sttlement rules for the eurex futures. Expirations sometimes get blown up completely. If someone is long a huge amount of futures it is beneficial for them to buy up the underlying stocks and...
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    Tim Sykes Article in Financial Times

    Love all the guys ripping into TS, fact is he has done something that all of us dream of doing. In so doing he got s boatload of attention which changes the spectrum completely. I truely believe Trading is a full time job and trust that once the dust settles and Tim gets some time to himself...
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    Why I'm angry at Bernanke

    So you sold the $ against the Euro, the Yen and the GBP?
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    Why I'm angry at Bernanke

    Detective you are hilarious... If you know exactly what ben is doing, what is going to happen to the housing market, what is going to happen to saving rates and where the economy is going why not sit down and think of some way to benefit from all this knowledge as opposed to worrying about the...
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    Big buyer supporting the DAX into the close yesterday, came back 100 pts lower today.

    So has anyone got a theory on the buying yet? Its really really huge. Even though less apparent now with a smaller iceberg its still holding most indices up.
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    Big buyer supporting the DAX into the close yesterday, came back 100 pts lower today.

    Seems like after a couple of normal days she is back... Seems like most European indices set new lows and the Dax feels ready to break to the upside.
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    IB auto liquidation

    IB have done a great job at trying to automate everything including the liquidation, keeps costs and risks down for everyone. If you really are scared of the overnight liquidation or the fact tha erroneous trades would trigger such liquidations (which I doubt can and would happan) then simply...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Could you ellaborate what you mean by 16 sec charts?
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    Rate cut rumours

    Dodd is scheduled to speak after his meeting with Paulson and Bernanke at 16:00 london time.
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    Rate cut rumours

    Very true, the rumour I heard now is that they are ready to cut the fed funds rate...
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    Rate cut rumours

    Company is called Kleenex owned by Kimberly-Clark... bloomberg tickers is KMB US
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    Looking for a friendly tax environment

    Where do all you dutch guys trade? All I know of is Market Wizards, oneday trader, something like Accent... Anyone here that trades remote using a US or UK prop house? Just to add something to the actual contents of this thread: Zug is great place to have your business when it comes to...
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    Rate cut rumours

    Anyone heard anything about the rate cut rumours as Bernanke and Paulson get talking? Apparently a large US bank has warned its customers that rates will be cut after the meeting. Anyone else have anything to add?
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    Short DAX at 7740

    So you say that buying the lowest lows and selling the highest highs will get you killed?
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    Short DAX at 7740

    At least you got half of the move :)
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    Big buyer supporting the DAX into the close yesterday, came back 100 pts lower today.

    No worries..didn't mean to come over as hostile as i did (rereading my own post) DJ Stoxx 50 index (as opposed to Eurostoxx 50) is what you are thinking of. Adios
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