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LMAO, another 50, you can't make this shit up

Big shell game, as long as the wall of worry exists you can't "sell the news." They're still playing both sides of the fence by saying it's not final until Greece calls for help. The EU/IMF details are ambiguous, nothing is inked. Obviously they want the credit spreads to contract in the open...

Shuffle the bad assets around, nobody will notice! EUR little changed in early trading. Would be funny if the specs call their bluff - we all remember the reaction after TARP was rolled out.

Tradator - I think you're on to something about IB not handling odd strikes well, for the first time today I was able to get my quote to display in an ES vertical spread with strikes at 50's and 100's. Throw in a 60 or 80 strike and you won't display although the order is apparently sent to...

Hi Tradator - it is IB limiting strikes due to what I'm guessing is an archaic back end. I know for a fact you can create that 60/70/80 fly on Globex. Go to CME's site and search "user defined spreads" under Globex functionality - starting in 2009, they switched from defining allowable...

Hi Tradator - Yes, I'm using IB. What you're referring to is just a data limitation, IB only transmits one deep in futures spreads (one of my other brokers gives me 10 deep in calendars - IB used to a year ago). Post an ES straddle order that matches the bid/ask or betters it and you'll see...

IDS - That's only partially true (see below) - any reason IB only selectively makes exchange traded spreads available? For instance, you route straddles in ES (entered as directed combos) to the Globex spread order book - your order shows up in the quote and can interact with other...

Sloppy seller of several 1000 came in around 4pm Eastern even as ES was rallying. Any news?

And what if this "spike" was a commercial sweeping the book because of some weather event that destroyed rice fields - causing a multi-day limit up move where the next trade is 1600? "LOLZ, I got out just in time, look at those suckers paying 1600" A spike is only a "spike" after the fact...

Correct, you don't want to go down this road, one thing leads to another. With all due respect to OP, I find this whining about spoof bids more prevalent when indices are rallying; when there are thousands offered and we're careening down it's usually "weee, this is great, look at this POS...

Ugh, why am I always stuck short EUR over the weekend when this crap has to come out? I think Dubai was up 4% early today on talk of a bailout there too. Bailout here, bailout there! I assume we'll see stocks and oil spike higher too?

Thank you stock piker, I do see the spike, no question it was out there in part on Friday although it's a developing story. It's all BS and posturing of course, I just want this behind us already, Monday's announcement couldn't come soon enough! Here's the latest Sunday piece from Reuters...

Fine, whatever, problem is if it was widely disseminated Friday we wouldn't be talking about it today. Reuters and DJ didn't run a single story on it Friday. I'm heavily short the DAX and EURUSD over the weekend so I hope you're correct this is a non-event, but I think it's foolish not to...

First of all it's not a bailout, more of a backstop which will lower default risk in Greek debt issuance. None of the major wires picked it up on Friday, nor did anyone post about it here. It's definitely news. Reuters only reported on it today (Saturday) so it's going to have some effect...

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62C0XT20100313 Front page of Reuters