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    IB UK or IB USA

    IB, an answer would be great here
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    CME currency market makers

    No!
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    Is an Unwind of the EuroMU realistic ?

    As the political situation seems currently to leave any option open, I'd like to start a vote on this. What's your opinion, is it realistic that the European Monetary Union is dissolved in the near - mid term future (say next 5 years) ? I'd say No - But what do I know ?
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    Margin on short options/NYMEX

    Futures options are different from cash (e.g. stock) options !!! With FOPTs the purchaser does not pay the premium at buy time, instead he secures his later (expiry) option premium payment with margin.
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    IB & Energy Complex

    An interesting development here seems that currently happens what nobody really anticipated: The IPE appears to catch more & more volume and traders who seem to switch over from the CL/Nymex contract. Fridays volume in the CL was (cum.) ~180k while the IPE did ~135k. I think not long ago...
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    Specialist's VDM, LAB post all time lows

    heard liquidation value for LAB is ~3. that's where it's headed, IMO
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    Nasdaq100 Traders vs. SP/DJ Traders

    As I am currently analyzing Equity markets, some very interesting points regarding this issue caught my attention. I talk about traders who focus more on the Nasdaq100 (stocks and the index) vs. traders whose major interest is in Spoo500 and Dow Jones stocks + index futures. What do you...
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    Goldman Sachs predicts $105 crude

    I can remember Goldman giving some real bummer target (something like $10000 when it was around $500) for Softbank Corp., at the end of 2000. About 3 Months later it imploded. Anyway, a reasonable start is to assume oil will continue to go higher, but not yet to $100. In ten, twenty years...
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    EurexUS, will it work?

    If you look closely enough, you can see EurexUS' dying right at this moment. Volume in the Bonds is now near zero (minimized since last rollover). Russell equity futures volumes are also declining. Less than 5% of the Merc's right now. For US products, they failed, stop. Now the EU...
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