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This will not effect the tick size for an outright, but is a step in that direction. I have to check my sources at the CME and find out what changed their minds???

Jester and GATrader, I am sorry for the confusion. When I say that it is a Good time for the Fixed Income Market Making community, I am mainly talking about Institutional traders or traders that are working within a fairly well capitalized trading firm. There are several posters on ET that...

BofA just Shut down their Exchange Arbitrage business, which is the Old CRT Group. The group was still the dominant player in several areas, including Korea, London and Tokyo. This Group has been extremely profitable on all fronts since NationBank purchased them in 1994. The groupd had an...

A couple of Years ago DE Shaw blew up and caused a ripple throughout the Fixed Income arena. It was very close to same numbers as the Long Term Capital debacle. Billions!

Commission range widely and they depend on a lot of variables: Track record Amount of Trader's deposit P&L split Volume There isn't one naswer to your question. The hardest thing right now is getting an opportunity with a prop firm. The good ones are extremely selective right now. If...

What are their round turn rates? I think that they vary, but I am sure everyone would be interested in knowing the range? Riskless

If I were you I would not trade any of these products without using a simulator to see how the Market flows. IB, Advanced and FFastTrade all have simulators. Don't experiment with your hard earned money until you have a good grasp. My opinion of the Mini-DOW is: It is showing some very...

You can trade Futures In an IRA Account! Millenium Trust is the Custodian for several of my clients IRA Accounts through GNI or Man. I am sure that IB offers this! Riskless

106-J is designation that the CME gives to a Prop Group. Check out the link to the CME website. It is actually a 106H, I or N! http://www.cme.com/about_cme/shareholder_member/about_shareholdermember_firmmembership.cfm

These guys will all be scooped up somewhere. Goldman on your resume in the Options Business is Golden! I feel like there is storm brewing in the Derivatives Markets that will make D.E. Shaw and Long Term Capital look like blips. There are a lot of crazy things going on in Firms that have...

If anyone has an explanation of this, please post it. I have heard about this through the grapevine, but I wouldn't bet on it's validity. Riskless

Does he quote Bonds and Note for $150 a month???

$1200 a month with all the necessary feeds!

Thanks!

Guys, How can I get some info about Briefing? Riskless

I have a potential client in Israel and he told me that a DSL line is over $500 per month. He also told me that there are only a couple of carriers and they are not that good. Do you trade the US makrets via your DSL from Israel and what is the name of your DSL Provider? I was told that...

Should be good enough but depends on your system's delivery. We use Citrix because it optimizes Bandwidth usage. I have no problems from home and I use SBC Yahoo DSL! Riskless

Sorry about the misunderstanding, but I was stuck in the understanding of Put/Call parity. If a Deep In the money call has 5 tics extrinsic value, then the the same strike put is worth 5 tics. It isn't the total premium that is important, it is the amount of Extrinsic Value that can erode...

I might be missing something but my interpretation is: Whenever you are long the underlying; short the call and long the put: This si a conversion. ALL THE SAME STRIKE! Totally Neutral all Greeks! If you are short the underlying, long the call and short the put: This is a Reversal...

106-J firms must W-2 their traders!