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    Nord Pool

    yeah i 've read all that , but i dont have a couple of million in my account so its unlikely i'll be approved for membership . There seems to be non member options . Which are a lot cheaper. I've emailed two people from Nord Pool for more infomation but none of them have responsed yet ! which...
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    Nord Pool

    does anyone here trade Nord Pool , can private investors trade it ? whats the requirements cheers
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    Intermarket coffee spreads ???

    Inter-market coffee spreads Before I spend hours on research ….. You can trade coffee on Nybot , Brazilian Merc and of course London life. Same product different exchanges ; I’d imagine they trade intra day at different prices but generally mean revert ? Does anyone what trade...
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    Earnings trades

    hi IV , you normally take positions with less than 10 days before option expiry and an EPS announcement within that 10 day time period . can i ask why in plcn and webx you decieded that greater than 10 days before exp was still a good trade ? cheers neil
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    Earnings trades

    Nice more chance for your combo to go into profit tomorrow then . I take it you've got standles ATM on both PCLN and Webx they both moved quite a bit at last EPS i see. Have you sold any march / april combos on any of them looking for a drop in vol ? thats a graph of options with 30 days...
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    Earnings trades

    so pcln + webx the vols are increacing i take it to push the price up? Forgive my ignorannce but the vol is increasing because EPS report is due ?
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    Options Paper trading

    Can anyone recommend a site where I can paper trade options . I've been using http://www.optionsxpress.com/ but it has a habit of forgetting my trades and wiping my book .
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    Earnings trades

    nice post - I’ve been looking at these trades since our PM's. They’re tricky to find, but if you get a good one it’s a cool trade with limited risk. I did a virtual trade on yhoo and would have placed the same combo as you. I'm also looking to trade the Kospi vols as well but...
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    KOSPI options

    does anyone know where i can get 30-60 day historical + imp vol charts on the Kospi - esignal do a data feed but they dont carry any historical vol data in their options analysis package , or non that i can find anyway . thanks .
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    Hedge Fund Startup & Ongoing Costs

    Cayman is fine most offshore funds are based there. 99% of the hedge funds i deal with are based there . IT will NOT put people off being based in the Cayman . If you looking for intuitional money you will need an admin + accountant . No one will touch you with out a good admin . I'd say...
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    Problems connecting to Patsystem

    could be a port , ip , firewall issue. some isp's block certain ports especiaily on broadband connections . ask if you can connect to the patsystems test server which has a different port and ip
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    KOSPI options

    man, fimat , abn etc probably wont look at you unless your trading serious volume not a $5k retail account. The GL winway screen would cost the broker $12,000 alone. I guess IB might be my best bet to start off with .
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    KOSPI options

    apart from IB , what other retail firms offer the kospi option ?
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    Automated trading through Excel

    its good until you see the price ! or ring up for a support issue .
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    International futures market spreads

    Spddst is their a middle eastern futures exchange for coffee ? I've never come across one ? I've looked at the Brazilian Merc , i think a lot of their contracts are pit traded not electronic access so i'd imagine getting the price you want will be more difficult ! Do you trade oil...
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    International futures market spreads

    which brokers offer electroinc middle east and brazilian access ! can't be many unless you have a few million in a prime broker account !
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    International futures market spreads

    hi did you find any info out on mutli exchange spreads , sounds interesting i might do some research into it .
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    Asian Spreads

    i'll just give up on the interest rate spreads and look at other spreads. trade one index against another or something like that . I've just bought a book from amazon in different spreads so i'll take a look through it . I'll let you know if i come up with anything .
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    Asian Spreads

    thanks for the reply - I'm looking at the charts now and you seem to be right , these things tend to trade by appointment only ! very low liquidity I might look at the index futures instead i 'd imagine they would be more liquid. ah the joys of looking for new trades ..
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