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thanks for the answers. yep i noticed the calendar too, especially today. Same kinda thing was/is going on in comex copper.

Why has the spread collapsed so much here? A few weeks ago, nymex crude was like 3 bucks more than brent. One week ago, it was like 1 dollar, now it's about 35 cents.

I dont' post much but I'll chime in. I got a degree in mechanical engineering. Graduated five years ago, worked for an options market making firm for a few years, went on my own about 18 months ago and have been doing well for about the last 6 months or so. (I am a pure speculator) I have...

It's impossible to say whether it's you or it's the equity market in general that's to blame. However, I'd say the vast majority agree that right now trading stock index futures is tough. First of all the vix is 10. I think the main problem though is the complete lack of follow-through in the...

I used www.tulving.com to order silver. Hans Tulving is very professional, and my research showed him to have the cheapest stuff - i.e. Krugerrands within 4 bucks of spot melt value, and junk silver within 4 or 5 cents of spot melt. I don't want to go into all the specific reasons for...

I am noticing some slippage and/or lack of liquidity doing 20 contracts. In the middle of the day, when there is maybe 10 up on the bid ask, if I lift the bid, I can just sit there with my new bid for 10 unfilled for maybe 15-20 seconds before I either get filled or it runs up past me. I...

I thought we had 100% up room to go cachingo?? No? Your target of sp 2200 won't be reached?

Hi all. I should mention a brief trading bio. I began trading 3 years ago. Did OK. Took a banking job, recently left that to return to trading independently. A lot seems to have changed. Before, I was using rediplus to execute and AT financial to view charts. There are so many new...