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I love sending a limit to close out part or all of a position on the bid/offer and watching the whole bid/offer move after a delay to where the bid/offer is now exactly matching my limit order --> away from me. And this is not a case of flash quoting where I could see missing the market due to...

I have no familiarity with Amaranth's structure - but I imagine that it was not exclusively a one man show. Hunter is not the only one responsible. Every investor/trader has some degree of weakness. That is where a hedge fund's risk management and team should come in. Investors at that level...

This is very interesting: Earlier this month, Amaranth bought a portfolio of gas trades from Amsterdam-based ABN Amro Holding NV, which itself had taken them over from MotherRock. It was Hunter, 32, who orchestrated the bets that triggered Amaranth's losses. So we will now have a 3rd hedge...

ISE Plans to List Foreign Currency Options; ISE FX Options(TM) Offer New Investment Strategy NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2006--The International Securities Exchange (NYSE: ISE) today announced its intent to create and list new foreign currency options, called ISE FX Options(TM). With...

Credit Risk Also, any comments on credit risk associated with the firms would be much appreciated. There are postings on ET about various prop firms effectively not paying out. And if these comments can please detail whether this risk is only a case if you are trading within an entity of...

That is a good one. Any thoughts on this development? ---> Not to take up more room... No, developments in currency options not the Canes!

Sounds like a great development. Take the currency options market out of the hands of the banks... *** What do people think? *** I see a reduction in the impact of barrier options as a positive for opportunity in the market. Currently, the banks take the other side, know them, and...

Intraday Equity Trading One primary advantage I see to this market - including pre-market and post-market, the trading day is much shorter. This translates into more off-time and sharper focus when at the desk. I understand that many involved in intraday equity trading cover an even more...

This thread is focused on outlining some of the advantages and disadvantages of active trading in each market. The goal is to provide information so that traders can make a more informed decision about which market(s) may be most suited to them.

Who are they? The sum of all market participants who have determined that the EURUSD has reached "fair value" this week... EURUSD should be pegged 1.2700, period - no more trends - no more movement.

Yep, deliberate - other than they could sweep and shatter all bucket MMs, period. For that reason alone, you would think they would do it. But the concept of a centralized spot currency and spot currency options market is not in the banks interest - which is why it has not happened to date...

Any thoughts on why CME/Reuters time table is so bloody slow? - other than deliberate. Compared to roll out of equity options electronic markets like ISE, this is a joke. Effectively, there only a handful of liquid currency pairs... Equity options, for example, have thousands of securities...

Although the information on this thread has been posted elsewhere and overall in great detail on ET, this is a valuable discussion - not sure why it stopped out in May '06 other than a dead horse can not get more dead.

RE true market vs. the "magical" market offered to customers. One of the sources for market indications I monitor is Metatrader. I often see short-term spikes in their quotes/charts 0-10 pips. Are these indications of the true market? EX "Money Center Bank A" receives a buy order from a...

Also, when I have a position on, I see the bid/offer get crossed against me vs. other brokers. Then "magically" once I close my position convergence. Hmmmmm just a coincidence, just a coincedence, just a coincidence. The frequency and consistency with which this is occurring points to only...

Timber Hill, LLC is the prop global arbitrage group associated with Interactive Brokers. So if they are not making makrets on IDEAL Pro FX, then why does TMBR show as a designated counterpary on executions. Do other "customers" show up as designated counterparties on trades? "customers"...

The power of money flow should not be underestimated. When you live in a top city, you are not just competing against local or national money - the real estate market there is driven by global money... It's just like attending a top school - suddenly you realize that there are some really...

In today's price action in EURUSD, indications were of barrier options at 1.2700 and 1.2650. I would not be surprised if there were 1.8700's in GBPUSD.

Was the order a stop order or stop limit? Also, CAD rallied back into the teens before extending losses when the USD ripped across the board.

Who is the reported Asian central bank or other who fights and fights to hold the 1.2695/1.2700 line in EURUSD only to then to get ground into getting run over. Why not let it slip right away today in the European open then counter hard? I will really enjoy reading more after-the-fact color...