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    Trading in Dubai

    Has been for about a year, companies just slow to connect to it
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    The Bund Bobl Schatz Thread

    Yeah the IFO's out tomorrow
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    Trading in Dubai

    Well almost exactly 3 years after starting this thread I was out trading Eurex from Dubai testing the speed at the http://www.Dubaiptg.com prop house last week. I must say I was impressed with the response times, really not that different from the London houses maybe 5-10ms slower via the...
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    ITC Morning Recap- FLOWS FLOWS

    Now it makes sense! So there were more sellers than buyers so it went down and then more buyers than sellers so it went up :D
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    With few exports and high interest rates Europe will go into a deep recession?

    http://www.treas.gov/tic/mfh.txt latest data of major treasury holdings owned by foreigners - could be worse, mind your the oil exporters seem to have a fair chunk and some of them aren't too friendly with the US
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    With few exports and high interest rates Europe will go into a deep recession?

    That's why the Arabs and Chinese are buying up American companies and assets with those dollar holdings, look at the US banks selling off chunks of themselves to the highest foreign bidder just to stay afloat. The US and to a much lesser extent Europe, are slowly selling themselves to the rest...
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    Is it finally time to snap up a house?

    Payrolls turn negative, initial claims at highest since 9/11, umemployment knocking round 5%, monolines shaking at the knees, companies slashing workforces, can't see any more sellers about to come to market, oh sure looks like an ideal time to pile into the housing market :D
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    Anyone Tried This MarketMaker Software?

    Is it for real? Looks like some kid's high school project :D
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    You now have: 5+5 DOM, block trading, reduced tick..make them know your complain!!

    Have you got the link to this planned reduced tic size story? Thanks oh found it http://www.cmegroup.com/cmegroup/trading/interest-rates/files/Tick_Change_and_Block_Trade_Passout_Jan_9_Final.pdf
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    Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn

    http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article3257468.ece A good in depth article about how he thought he was onto a brilliant trading strategy :D
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    SocGen trader loses $4.9bil in vanilla stock futures

    10.48 - bank had a “duty to cut off positions before disclosing the information.” “With the chance of good fortune, it was possible to liquidate these positions over three days which was quite exceptional.” “They could have turned into gains if the market had gone up.” “We...
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    SocGen trader loses $4.9bil in vanilla stock futures

    Bloomberg just reported a headline saying his salary and bonus came to less than 100,000 euros a year
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    Fired from Trading job - what to say in interview

    You didn't happen to work at SocGen did you, and are just toning down the figures of your losses? :D http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=115497
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    SocGen trader loses $4.9bil in vanilla stock futures

    <b>Societe Generale France’s second-largest listed bank said on Thursday it had suffered a rogue trader-type fraud costing €4.9bn which will have a €4.9bn ($7.16bn) negative impact on the group. </b> The bank also announced further writedowns of €2.05bn related to the global credit...
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    Why don't open a desk in Paris ??

    Whats the difference between a piece of toast and the french? You can make soldiers out of a piece of toast :D
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    Why don't open a desk in Paris ??

    Here's the european list of props, mostly London http://www.trade2win.com/traderpedia/Trading_Arcade_Index Refco used to have a prop office in Paris but it didn't work out, London has a huge French population and most french traders work here, think they can be non-dom or something so it...
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    Cbot YM and ags move onto CME, reduced book depth?

    Thanks. I can't say I'm happy about it, I think it will make ags trading harder, Ym will probably be ok.
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    Cbot YM and ags move onto CME, reduced book depth?

    I know this was questioned a few months back but now that YM and the cbot ags transfer onto the cme host this weekend, will they be reduced to 5 price display in the order book like other cme products? The CME has issued the following schedule for the migration: LAUNCH WEEKEND 1 - Sunday...
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    Fixed Income Futures Volume End Down On The Year For The First Time Ever

    Yeah I agree with much of the above, especially how thin that bobl gets these days, but still i'm not sure I'd swap it for the days of the flipper and the 5000 bund bid/offer book (in a way it's nice to see the book flushed out). Both equally challenging, although you can't trade the size you...
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    Is today rollover Thursday?

    Dec still done twice as much volume as March as of now
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