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xstudy (tt) allows you to show charts using bid to bid or ask to ask prices. i much prefer this over last to last (which is what you find on most charting apps). the bid to bid or ask to ask is more representative of what scalpers are liable to trade as we only trade when we have an edge on at...

Be careful in calculating your spreads. Most vendors only supply spread charts based on the last trade price or each underlying leg. This is very misleading and can lead to lead to bad price swings. Generate your spreads off bid or ask of each leg for a more accurate reflection of the true...

Hi Dogfish, Who do you clear / execute through? I trade NYBOT / ICE energies (among other things) and execute in Chicago. I have partners looking at going to Dubai and we need some DD on clearing firms for that region. thanks CC

Lifespan of a contract wouldn’t affect many autotrading algorithms. In actuality, with options there are more pricing discrepancies to take advantage of and autotrading functionality can help exploit these. Consider the fact that an option on a futures contract is a derivative of a...

The paper fillers at COMEX. It used to take hours for fill reports to show up for market orders in gold.

That's their autospreader app and comes with xtraderpro. it's the industry standard for sythetic spreads. i've used it for years. they have a training video for autospreader on their website. http://www.tradingtechnologies.com/training.aspx

There's been no mention of the Prius. http://www.buyatoyota.com/Specials/specialOffersPage.aspx?seriesname=Prius

Because there's not enough of them. Crude is available but refining capacity limits it's production and usability.

What about greeks for options on futures? The OIC link is for stocks and indicies. Greeks for options on futures generally use the Black model while stocks use the Black and Scholes.

And only one level for options.

CME only disseminates five levels of order book depth.

6E, 6J, 6S, 6B have the best liquidity. Theres some real good action in there as banks hedge out of cash trades on Globex.

Jamie Dimon is correct. Don't forget, he learned this business under Sandy Weil at Citibank. Sandy was one of the most prolific acquirerers in financial history in his creation of Citibank. Jamie D is looking to supercede his mentor and he will.

I use the TT Autotrader as well as XTAPI. That's exacly what they do. They have a website you can go to with questions on stuff http://forums.tradingtechnologies.com/

ICE and PBOT. there is next to no liquidity, however.

Devaluation of a currency occurs when the currency depreciates and is often associated with excess supply of the local currency do to overly dovish cental bank. The central back in 'printing' money as excess supply overwhelms demand.

Bignatty is correct. Research wizard connects to production databases while TSE connects to backtesting databases. the backtesting databases are split adjusted and have been adjusted for survirorship. they used to offer an internet based version of tse that you could get on trial for a few...

Research Wizard is primarily a screening tool with a limited backtesting component. Request of trial of the Zacks Trade Strategy Evaluator (TSE). This is a much more robust backtesting tool.

I agree about trading CBOT over COMEX but keep in mind its all electronic now so we no longer have to endure waiting 2 hours for a horendous fill in the COMEX pits.

JJ has an exteremly tight margin per store and overhead is rising. You can only charge soo much for a smoothie and they have little else to offer. This is a nice concept, but they'll get smoked over time.