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Mobiletrader can't do cbot grain pit trades. I'd like that to be fixed.

Nevermind. There's a giant headline on their site stating they're closed. I agree - these outages are getting more and more frequent - I don't usually put orders in at night, but there have been a few outages in the last few months on the floor as well.

Does the CBOT have any updates/info on their homepage?

Having worked on the floor, I saw some pretty lousy fills on stop orders. Pit brokers are sharks - if they see the stop hit the "fill em and bill em" policy goes into effect. That aside, can anyone comment on the slippage/quality of fills via IB in the grains?

Great thread - I'm planning a trip to Chicago soon too. My company has a desk on the CBOT, so I'll be spending some time there. I would also like to visit the Merc - but I their visitors gallery was closed - is this true? Just wondering if anyone knows for sure. Cheers

"Don't get married to a broker"

You can trade NCI vs Cbot corn and be synthetically long/short basis.

What about that last -3%?

Instead of holding a core position, why not just increase the size of the 'swing' position when trading it in the same direction as what the 'core position' or bias would have been? I've never day traded stocks, but when I put on a futures position, I've already established a long term market...

I challenge you to use this: http://www.daskeyboard.com/

NTB - what do you mean by "big opportunities"

It was a very short piece - but watching the clips of him when he was younger was very interesting.

I traded beans and bean meal today. Did quite well.

To play devil's advocate: There are advantages to working for a corporation: 1. guaranteed paycheck 2. health insurance 3. socialization 4. travel 5. upward mobility Now, if you were a loser, poor student, unmotivated, etc, the job you have sucks for a reason. If you're turning to...

Thank you!

I rember watching some NYMEX webcast videos from the derivatives symposium they put on a few years ago. I can't seem to find links to the videos anywhere - does anybody know where I can find them? Thanks

I'd really like to see a good picture of the NYMEX floor in dublin.

Minneapolis wheat is the 'hard red spring' variety. It trades at a premium to KW and Chicago wheat because of its high protein content. There's an open outcry exchange in Minneapolis where the futures and options are traded.

"A sucker is born every minute." If a trading system works so well, then why would anybody sell it?

Pabst - nice joke NihabaAshi - thanks, as usual, for the excellent commentary