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It is definitely the dog days of summer in the bond market. Liquidity is best found on the beach at this time of the year.

Sorry for taking so long to respond but the weather has been too nice to work. Agreed, volatility has been great for trading the past two months. Thank god for bad news. LOL. Bone- Have you ever seen this site? http://www.eurobondonline.com/strategyge.htm Good luck to all.

I am much always happier taking a position via options. My professional experience is in fixed income so otc's were pretty much the way to go. However a large part of using any option is predicated on how well you actually understand options, option pricing and option strategies.

I'd like to start this thread for current and former institutional i.e. sell/buy-side traders. Specifically, your thoughts on trading in the current environment. Feel free to post your thoughts and lets see where it goes.

Has anyone ever considered Lieber and Weissman?

London - I'll leave you with this. You seem to have a fairly good concept (text book) of how dealing and prop desks function. Now get an job on a desk and let us know how the theoreticals hold. BTW - what are your thoughts on options comprising a large part of a speculative position?

Nirvana = OmniTrader ( not that this is a repackaging of Omnrader- just the same company). They're in Austin, TX.

So there's more than one such remarkable institution in the "City"???

What bank gave you 2 internships? Was it Barings or Nigel's corner investment (oops there I go again, you guys call them MERCHANT banks) bank.

Here's a little something to ponder - in F/X there is no such thing as "Front Running" dealers can and do trade ahead of customer orders (unlike in equities). And most (not all - this is not an absolute) market makers do have p&l responsibility, so yes, they have some capital allocation for...

London, I am quite aware of how it works. I've been there. You need to develop a sense of humor - oops forgot you're British. Sorry.

Actually London, should you manage to land a job in an investment bank, your first task is going to be remembering who takes milk and sugar. And if you manage to get that right, they may let you reconcile some of their positions.

When an F/X desk gets a large order, they're all short term traders. LOL

99- Having read some of your posts, I can see that you and I share similar backgrounds. I have also pointed out in the past that education is no guarantee of success in trading at an IB it is just a filter. That said, the only 18 year old kids (with or without a degree) I ever saw on our...

Thank you Pabst for your observation.

Brokers don't need to see your systems, they have figured out how to tap directly into your computer and execute the trade as soon as your systems generate signals. Just a little humor.

"You either do it right or you get eliminated" "In hope and desire there is suffering"

If anyone regularly trades bond/note futures, I'd like to compare strategies/ideas.

No prob. Just trying to inject a little levity.

Def- Do you know of any tws interface that would let me post simultaneous bids and offers (futures only) and simultaneously adjust my orders? I am NOT interested in using any platform other than IB's. Thanks