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I'd at least wait for the current and correct thread identifying the intermediate term top to lose validity.

Appears the dipsters are seeking revenge against me today for my spanking of the no risk longs yesterday. Won't let 'em push sp futures up and past __42.00 while I'm short.

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As in quality filets of no-risk longs and dip buyers? Most of us bigger boys got ready for them yesterday and last week. Hedge Funds Shorting S&P 500 at `Crowded Levels,' Merrill Says July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Hedge funds are short-selling Standard & Poor's 500 Index futures by the most...

As usual, Bloomberg is johnny on the spot. Lead from article dated tomorrow (available on the web now): July 9 (Bloomberg) -- The bear market in U.S. Treasuries is just getting started as investors turn their attention to the strengthening labor market and faster inflation instead of the...

Yes. (And thank you for asking.)

I disagree with the below portion of your proposition: I'd say that for the retail investor, the only simple element of trading is the recognition of that part of the relevant information which is beyond the investor's reach, which (usually) is the majority of the relevant information. The...

I believe 'Zapper is correct, although not for any reason evident from tape reading this afternoon's equities action. In case you've missed it, we are in a bear market for bonds. Consequences for equities are inevitable. I'm so convinced that I'll short the S&P front month pre-open Monday...

Very frustrating for the no-risk longs, especially after they got within 16 points of break even. Now they've got even further to go to get even. More disappointment ahead, I'm afraid.

You no-risk longs shouldn't mess the diaper quite yet: although you're still underwater those 25 SP points, you could get them in a blink. Until then, of course, the intermediate-term top is secure.

Sector focus is not a dying art, at least not among pikers like me. Two excerpts, first my own from last Monday followed by today's CNNMoney.com bit on gaming: Thus far, from two Tuesdays ago, I have legged in short positions in these equity spaces: mining, gaming (Vegas exposure versus...

First url below says 2004 is latest year of data industry wide, probably referring to federal govt compilation. Second url covers the subject from labor's vantage point and is valuable in a number of ways, depending on your need, and includes latest press articles...

You need more than 25 more points in the S&P front month before you even are even on your comment. Otherwise, the thread is correct and you are wrong. But of course, someone in your position of discretionary wealth obviously can afford to be wrong.

Thanks for replying. I understand. The text of the complaint against de Wet says "futures," which most people, as you said, take to mean exchange-traded products.

You may be right. It could be a wives' tale. However, in this situation, I surmised -- reluctantly because it is an unhappy thought -- that pricing algorithms boost equities according to the likelihood of a serious attack that leads to big rate cuts. Guesswork. You have another explanation?

Memo to dentists: I don't need no stinkin' 6 bucks. I want all 25! Which is another way of saying bx will seen at 10 about the time the current credit and risk repricing finishes.

Equities rise if interest rates fall. You can figure out the rest.

Check this url: www.cftc.gov/files/enf/05orders/enfjamesdewetcompliant.pdf which is a CFTC enforcement action. The enforcement action is a complaint filed in U.S. federal court. It refers to an entity "located in New York" by the name of FXCM, also referred to in the complaint as Forex...

Nothing from me -- my attention is elsewhere. I'll say I don't get today's rally into FOMC. Probably a head fake. Free advice: sell AUS. (More free advice: you get what you pay for, true also of advice.)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought FXCM had offered futures trading to retail customers via futures accounts managed by a South African who subsequently had some trouble with CFTC. Apparently, he was advertising a superb success record even as his customers' accounts at FXCM were losing...