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    Senators spooked after the bernanke and paulson speech behind closed doors.

    lol. yea dubai did it. how about goldman who have been shorting subprime and financials since 2006??
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    Forex ideas

    out of 1/2 gbp.usd near HOD
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    Oil - short queeze?

    lol yea sure landis
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    US Dollar Index in IB

    Hi, Does anyone know if there is any other way to keep an eye on the dollar index except the futures. I dont have the NYBOT feed. If there is can you tell me the symbol please, thanks
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    The Coming Crash Will Be Monumental

    yea but its hard to tell when disaster will strike. personally i think they can pull this off for now and we will rally to all time highs for and then crash in a couple of years. maybe emerging markets start rallying and go parabolic fuelling a us rally who knows. if we are at all time...
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    Forex ideas

    moved my stop a bit closer now, markets too crazy today yes as you know i use wide stops, whereas you are more of a breakout trader with tight stops right? of course my losses are about 5x as big as yours but i probably get faked out 5x less :) both methods are probably similar in...
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    Forex ideas

    did you stay in the gbp.usd trade? i had a wide stop so im still in. nice call again target1: 1.85 target2 1.88
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    huge slippage on IDEALPRO

    when i trade currencies on ib the stops are often not triggered by the price touching the stop. it seems to have to trade through the stop. ie. i think the ask has to hit the buy stop and the bid has to hit the sell stop. so you get filled a bit lower in general compared to futures that i...
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    09-18-2008: we hit bottom today

    im 90% sure we wont be under 10000 by new years. who cares if nothing was changed today. markets historically rally hard in times like these. just because most people 'believe' its different this time doesnt mean there is going to be a disaster in equities. i may be wrong but i dont care...
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    Congratulations, trend followers

    if it was as easy as that everyone would be a millionaire. remember the famous quote 'losers average losers' if you dont have the talent to actually pick likely reversal points then forget it. stick to trend following or whatever. mindless averaging will lose you money in the long run...
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    09-18-2008: we hit bottom today

    i dont watch vix but i bought at 1150, targets 1400 and all time highs stop at 1080 wish me luck!
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    If they ban short selling - they're idiots (IMO), but - GO LONG!!!

    yea. godamnit i just went long ES at 1150 for a long term trade. this intervention makes me nervous. it may well fuc with the natural capitulation bounce im trying to play..
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    If they ban short selling - they're idiots (IMO), but - GO LONG!!!

    wrong piezoe the UK just banned short selling financials today
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    If they ban short selling - they're idiots (IMO), but - GO LONG!!!

    yea get long quick before they ban selling in the ES
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    Waiting For 1145

    well we shall see im in for a small position in ES at 1150 holding for at least a few months targets 1400 and all time highs stop 1080 nice trading pabst
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    asia is getting murdered...

    my plan was to buy ES at 1150 ish, i just hope we get that low before US bid the shit out of it tomorrow capitulation in west now capitulation in asia. ridiculous spike in gold today. big rallies right around the corner i can smell it...
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    Financials....

    if we sell off overnight/tomorrow im buying ES with a stop at 1080 timing isnt going to be easy but i think this is a great opportunity. collapse may come a few years down the line, but ill be out before then and hopefully looking to short US treasuries at all time highs :)
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    Forex ideas

    hehe trackstar dont worry about me. i was just trading the consolidation channel, usd felt bullish from technicals. i had a very wide stop for my timeframe, i understand that fx is choppy this move was so fast something must have happened behind the scenes
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    Forex ideas

    wow usd getting hammered fast someone knows something :)
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    Forex ideas

    good call trackstar. out at 1.112 gl
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