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The cme webpage has a plethora of infomation on trading fx futures. http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/fx/index.html

There certianly is an arb there but you need to be creative. It's easy to write an algo that will execute your cash fx versus futures. Just factor in your cost of carry using forward points and dte of your futures. FCM's / banks can then EFP their cash fx exposure back to the exchange and...

I don't doubt that. we don't use fix adapter and wouldn't know. we use straight xt. thanks for the update though

My group has their own environment and I checked with our IT guru and he noted that TT does fully support encryption over an internet connection but it is disabled by default as most folks who are using an internet connection prefer to use VPN for security. FCM's have control as to whether...

CME doesn't support stops on options. You'll need front end that supports these off the exchange. You don't want to give a stop order to a broker or market maker either. You'll get run over. Look at TT...they began offering a series of sythetic stop orders last year.

sounds like the you need the price consolidation feature for mdtrader...the TT dom

Tight stops keep you in the market longer when you think about it. Not using stops, or using loose stops, will drain your your account faster. Enter the market, place your stop and profit orders and don't worry about it. Focus on your next trade. This one is done.

High Open interest confirms a trend higher. Hedge funds are buying into the trend, end producers a buying to protect against price increase, speculators are buyers. The only sellers you have a farmers hedging against price depreciation.

What kind of standard deviation of returns does this guy have? What's his Sharpe Ratio? Is he laying out a hadful of bets at a time hoping to get one big hitter every few months or is he making bankable income every week?

We've been waiting for this: * The new Reload order type splits large Autospreader orders into smaller disclosed quantities. This also has an offset function that allows you to scale in and out while executing iceberg like orders on autospreader. It works great. Has anyone one else...

tt has a free add on application that will let you split your order up in chunks and submit the chunks is short time frame. i'd call it a sliced up MOC order as you can set it up to start sending orders at whatever time you like, like 1:59:00 and send in slices every 10 seconds or so. a few...

use the md trader advanced tab and pull information from the cme webpage http://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/treasury-conversion-factors.html

Yep

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There likely is not MM's assigned to all. Search the CME site for market markers: http://www.cmegroup.com/globex/files/SDKquoting.pdf

http://www.cmegroup.com/education/product-specific/options.html

You needn't 'know' anyone. Market Makers are obligated and incented by the exchanges to respond to RFQ requests. They have quotes...i.e. respond to 90% of all RFQ's within 10 seconds to get a 20% rebate on clearing fees from the exchange. The MM's don't know who is sending the RFQ. Keep in...

RFQ's sent with size are not binding, you are only asking the market maker to quote a market for that many contracts. The market marker is then bound to execute for the quoted number of contracts at the prices they publish. The issuer of the RFQ is not held to that quantity at all. The...

Sugar and Corn both keep rallying and institutions, producers and large funds are buying...the push for ethanol is going to keep both of these markets on the upside

You're better off selling ITM puts after the marker has sold off...