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Nothing bothers me more than the "i dont understand depressed people blah blah blah they're stupid for killing themselves why weren't they tougher, their problems are smaller than other peoples etc etc." Suicide is the final symptom of depression - which often has nothing to do with the size...

How does Investor R/T's RTL compare? I'm in the same situation looking to automate systems......

I think the frontend basically consisted of their own curves, and internal b/a on the contracts. Just a way for them to squeeze a bit more from the volume.

I trade natgas, mostly futures, but using the options a "black swan" hedge...find the options there to be pretty friendly. Of course, everything goes to the pit, so you're paying a premium to get in and out, but i've done 500 lots in some pretty inactive strikes but always better than the OTC...

Don't mean to go off topic here... Been following on and off since the start. Question is, I'm using DTN ProphetX but the P&F is not reliable/accurate. I tried InvestorRT, but the interface and usability is very difficult and time consuming (downright awful)...I trade a variety of...

Where could a retail trader have access to markets on "exotic" south american currencies...specifically the Argentine Peso and Brasilian Reais Understand these markets aren't necessarily liberalised but I want exposure to moves in these pairs to offset some other positions via some fairly...

Glad this journal has continued. Hope the OP keeps it alive. Maybe I can help. I monitor my p&l purely in terms of points or cents I take, not in terms of real $. The reason i do this is because I get too hung up on the dollar amounts. I once f'd up big after a large position limit...

Drivin dem cars round in big circles must be costin lots too.

Fascinating. Reeks of "derivative bubble." With 2k it's game over when he can't post initial/maintenance margin, not when he loses his full 2k. Good luck, but my advice would be to take the 2k, buy some of those ACT/SAT test prep books or a tutor and work on getting into college with a...

There are more fossil fuel reserves in US territory, crude & natgas, to allow us to be self sufficient for many years...the threat of tapping these resources and producing domestically would return the market to reasonable levels. Its US politics that have restrained domestic production and...

Not flipping...spreading deferreds vs deferreds. Any ideas?

With the switch of CBOT products to the CME Globex platform, a strategy I've been using has become obsolete...the fact that only the 5 best bids/offers are visible on the order book just doesn't give the system enough depth to generate signals. Which futures markets/contracts (non Globex)...

great start - also very interested, started using p&f a few weeks ago and am still learning. Have had great success with intraday trades so far and using the charts to determine s&r. Will post my charts soon.

This firm is actually able to get away with what it advertises? I know HR is stupid, but are they really that stupid?

Risk of downtime is part of doing business...having a secondary account funded and ready to go is the cost of mitigating that risk.

In response to the Eurex/competition point - this exchange would likely be owned by liquidity providers/market makers themselvs, unlike ICE/CME/NYMEX, so really a return to the framework where profitability of the exchange is less important than the exchange as a platform to encourage volume (IE...

Judging by the names listed and the markets in general - I'd say this exchange will probably take a form similar to Clearport...hedger and fund oriented contracts which is great. These guys are already making crappy markets/structures in the energy OTC business, collectivizing their b/a seems...

Perhaps the most annoying thing I've ever encountered in my trading career (instutional energy now) is when guys use the term "they" to describe the market as a whole. "they push it down" or "they rip it apart." Usually it is used to blame for some unexpected action that contradicts the...

Going out of town tonight - will have some hefty layover time at the airport... Any good trading/market related book recommendations? Just finished "Traders, Guns, & Money." Excellent -- any other newer ones out there worth picking up?

Is Tim actually a millionaire?