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Interactive Brokers has a DOM ladder that shows 10 rows on each side of the market Other data/platforms like Ninjatrader have 5 rows on each side. TT? Question concerning futures. Who can see the largest DOM with every order ( the whole book)? Brokers? CME? Are there any retail platforms...

The flaw with going short certain products ie commodities is that your gain is capped instead going long with unlimited gain potential.If you're doing FX make sure you know who is printing more than who. If it had a 1:20 or greater Risk:Reward ratio it might stand a chance to overcome spread...

The people who work at Kensho are....." a diverse and spirited group of engineers and scientists who are accomplished analytical thinkers and passionate problem solvers. Together, our multi-talented team includes PhD theoretical physicists ect" So they are the new "analysts" coupled with high...

"What Are Investors Buying Into? People think they are buying shares in Alibaba China. But actually, while Jack Ma and partners are putting $20 billion into their pockets today from the IPO, the investors are actually getting pieces of paper in Alibaba Holdings Cayman Islands, a so-called VIE...

"He said two words, that were more valuable than anything else I've ever encountered." Dollar Menu :D

IMO our existence and everything in it is part of a zero sum game. e=mc^2 Matter and energy are only transferred , not created or destroyed. Some argue that futures are zero sum or even negative sum if you count comish while stocks aren't as directly zero sum. I think all value in the end is...

Some feedback... One thing I noticed is that once in a forum I have to scroll down to the bottom of the page in order to get to the "last page" link of that thread. Before I think it was located up top as well. Would be nice if I could get to the "Last page" of the thread by clicking a link...

I predict that we will have a 20-30 year stock market slump like Japan did with their easy money policies. We may go a lot higher from here before that happens. This may be the start, I don't know and no one else knows either including the FED. What I do know is that I'm not a buyer and holder...

"Omg my $twtr call spread from May just hit full value $45/47 septembers went from .10 to $2 just wow" - dude on twitter haha

"Fat Finger Sends Long Bond Futures Soaring In Overnight Trade" dec 2013 It is at CME's discretion whether they bust trades or not. So whoever they are better friends with wins. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-12-23/fat-finger-sends-long-bond-futures-soaring-overnight-trade I remember...

You are in drawdown for 25 days and getting antsy. In your sim/backtesting testing or modeling.... What is your typical drawdown like? How long does it last on avg? What is a worst case draw down and duration in any given year? What is your sample size and how far back in years does...

“The way I see it, Bitcoin is just another commodity, like oil, Masters says. .....The state of Bitcoin is a lot like the state of the oil market 25 years ago, where you had a lot of these transactions happening merchant to merchant, this product that everyone wanted and could use but whose...

Who is Blythe Masters? "Blythe Sally Jess Masters (born 22 March 1969) is an economist and former head of Global Commodities at JPMorgan Chase. From 2004-2007, she was Chief Financial Officer of JPMorgan Chase's Investment Bank and previously served as the Head of Global Credit Portfolio and...

"You and I start a company. It issues 300 million shares, 150 million to me and 150 million to you, for no consideration. The company has no assets, does nothing, and is worth $0. On Monday, I sell you 10,000 shares for $1 each. All of a sudden we have a $300 million company. On Tuesday, you...

"500 ES by spring" says EMG a few years ago. What say you EMG? Why you forecasting like loser??? Still short?

I love it when brokers get competitive with one another. More competition = Lower prices for the customer.

OMG that would suck bad. I can totally see IB being.............. well....... IB about it . :p I also remember that ZB spike up, about half a year to a year ago. It went up and down like $5k a contract in seconds. Then they cancled all trades beyond a certain point. but still .....you just...

Egypt to raise fuel prices by up to 78 percent from midnight ... http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/04/us-egypt-energy-idUSKBN0F91YG20140704

Wow just nuts. That trillion dollar platinum coin idea sounds more and more likely . There is a loophole in the law books to allow that to happen. Crazy times.

I read that they were "test trades" as well. via twitter. WTF are they doing "test trades" for and why at that price? Someone from CBOE chime in? As a note and very weird. Last time I saw a bad tick for VIX on my TOS charts ...the bad tick went to $16.5 on 1/16/14. This bad tick...