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A totally and completely meaningless gesture at this point in time.

There is no electricty down there therefore, if capacities are running at 100%, 100% of zero is still zero. Just trying to understand it.

Seems to me releasing the SPR is absolutely meaningless.

Mkt isn't being artifically propped up, it's legit buying. Any excuse and rationalization people can conjure up to buy they will. It's just bullshit. I actually had somebody tell me the high gas prices and an inverted yield curve were good for the mkt. People are out of their f*cking...

Because it takes alot of movement away from the S&P so either it goes away or it starts to do something. Anything but what it currently does which is nothing. The arbs make sure nothing moves without it. Afterhours YM are just a cancer on the rest of the markets. Market is just an...

hopefully will pick up in volume in the afterhours or dissapear altogether.

I pray every single day for the demise of the dow futures contract or the arbs getting blown up. Most of the guys who used to trade the equity contracts are gone and have been replaced by the black box and the prop shop trader. I yearn for the good old days. Finally got around to...

Have you noticed the difference now that the dow futures have gained relevance? In my opinion the arbs have destroyed it.

Anyone since around 2002 or earlier?

If this storm even comes close to what they are predicting rigs and the refineries will be down for days. 3 dollar gas here we come

NO is 6ft below sea level, could be cleared for days, rigs have already been evacuated. This could be very very bad. 70 could be blown away

Look at it this way: Do you think if you were losing money they would say " You know, I know mr traitor is losing money but he's a nice guy, let's give him some more training and not fire him" I doubt it.

Do prop traders have to lease a seat at this point in time? Thanks.

Get a globex terminal.

Why dont you try a career in IT big ticket sales? You can make a boat load of money and are always needed. Trading is not what it's all cracked up to be, it can be brutal. I have a second job recruiting for piece of mind.

you can buy videos from cnbc. Don't know if they come in PAL format.

it may be against the law to put profitable traders on manual execution. I don't know about the regulation in currency markets but you can't just decide to f*ck with people who hold equity accounts, you have to have a good reason to do so. If this has happened to any of you I'd check into...

It's alot easier to lose money in futures than stocks. leveredge. Also, stocks don't move fast enough for the most part to really make you afraid. My .02.

God i hate the YM trade. If god granted me one wish i would eliminate it forever.

Do you plan on lowering your price at all?