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gold, swiss franc, oil, treasuries. historically price of gold particularly sensitive to "interesting times."

Deltaindex in Ireland does spreadbetting. Barclays stockbrokers offers cfds. I've traded UK equities before (longer term), and the 0.5% is a pain in the ass. also: spreads pretty bad.

hmmmm, actually studies have shown that cortisol levels increase in human males when there is a full moon. a possible anthropological reason for this is that back when we did the hunting, a full moon provided light and was therefore a good environment for night time prowls. hence we go into...

wow, that's a pretty impressive feat, I'm beginning to get he impression he's taking this whole Islam thing pretty seriously. to try and reign things back to trading: who thinks WTI crude will go through $76.85 in the next fortnight?

just when you thought spam couldn't get any worse.

oh ok thanks.

2 order book screens 2 CQG screens Bloomberg machine - 2 more screens 3 frickin keyboards and 3 mice all in a rather stylish shade of black notepad, pen which I stole from CBOT big set of squawk headphones coffee mug, stolen from CBOT plastic cup for water phone I never use copy...

Techniques of Tape Reading by Vadym Graifer is good (and autobiographical).

analyst. now that I'm a trader I don't listen to any analysts. how the tables have turned!

you know that there are David Bowie bonds? he reckoned his albums would go on selling for another 10 years enough to pay the coupon and he wanetd the money now so he floated himself.

I've known people who worked for them and they said their training is really good on the psychology side of things.

says on bloomie that faster growth rates are stoking short positions. ISM is out today as well, maybe people are taking positions based on it.

any traders in Dublin fancy going for a beer sometime?

if production goes up. but the price of gold remains constant (therefore money supply remains constant) = deflation (same money chasing more goods). = the depression of the 30s. it's all documented in political allegory "The Wizard of Oz". also: in 1968, the British ambassador...

if you had a fully hedged portfolio of gold, t bonds, bunds, equities from US, Europe, Japan and emerging markets, the euro, the yen, swiss franc, oil, natural gas you would've lost a lot of money in May wouldn't you?

often int he past I saw the bonds jump about 15s to 1 minute before the release. there is a rumour that Goldman get it before everybody else and jump in. somebody is getting it early.

Money supply growth in the Eurozone is more than that. 11% unemployment in germany.

Techniques of Tape Reading by Vadym Graifer. the psychology bit is just awesome.

prior to 1997 the UK didn't have a "Fed" - the central bank was not independant. and boy oh boy did they screw things up. then in 1997 it was made independant and set a target for long term stability. this is the best the British economy has ever been (in terms of long term growth and...

"don't be a dick for a tick" an old risk manager "he is obviously a monk and doesn't care about money" Paul Rotter dismissing a trader who complained that his manipulation of the bund was "unfair" "he who pukes last pukes worst" on cutting losses