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    And you thought TPTB had problems - Hitler Gets a Margin Call

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVB-SSkkLnY
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    SPX credit spread analyze

    Could you guys please explain the max risk with this options trade with the hedge of VXX? I have heard that the VXX is negatively correlated to the SPX. Thanks for your comments. Activity Date Transaction Description Symbol Qty Fill Pr 4/26/2011 Buy To Open VXX May 11 24.00 Call VXX 6...
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    SPX Credit Spread Hedging

    You are correct, my positons are different so please disregard. I like the idea in general with risk protection from both the premium & call.
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    SPX Credit Spread Hedging

    I gonna start up a journal and see how it goes since I'm green. For now here are the open positions: -30 SPX May 11 1340.00 Put 30 SPX May 11 1330.00 Put 30 VXX May 11 24.00 Call Credit spread = $2400
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    Food inflation

    There's no inflation. Nothing to see here...move along. :D
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    My losing, forward-tested Forex strategy (charts and equity curves) - let's fix it!

    Those are DT ZZ indicators. I use a long period for trend direction (big dots) & short period (small dots) for pullbacks. Just entered long based off signal. The range bars for MT4 doesn't seem to be any issue with printing. Good luck with your testing.
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    My losing, forward-tested Forex strategy (charts and equity curves) - let's fix it!

    Take a look at range bars & see what you think.
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    What is wrong with this picture?

    Spread - CL1H:CL1J 0830 Low @ -3.88 Enter limit -3.50 @ 0709 (1 buy & 1 sell) Did not get filled. CME did not even show a low close to this.
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    MT4 ADR statistics indicator

    If a low was made after the 00:00 GMT candle (1hr candle) close and then reverses I refer to that as putting in a low before reversing. The other 60% made a low within the 1st hour.
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    MT4 ADR statistics indicator

    Out of the last 5 up days (green candles) out of 10, only 40% put in a low before reversing & going higher. For the last 5 down days (red candles), 100% put in a high before reversing & going lower.
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    MT4 ADR statistics indicator

    Yep. It blew right through the stop & didn't look back.
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    MT4 ADR statistics indicator

    Here's the dashboard view.
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    MT4 ADR statistics indicator

    This tool will provide you the average daily range statistics over a given sample period. Here's what the data provides: -Over a given sample period what the ADR was for both up & down days -It counts the number of down days (red candle) & the number of up days (green candle) from the...
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    Prop for an FX trader

    I was looking into Maverick trading. They trade forex.
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    U.S. Dollar Now Ripe For Catastrophic Devaluation

    If not GOLD, then what??? What fiat currencies has been around for 4000+ years?
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    WCRX Warner Chilcott $8.50 Divided anyway to play this?

    "The special cash dividend is payable to shareholders of record on August 30, 2010 and will be paid on September 8, 2010." So this means buy the stock up to 8/30 & receive the dividend payment on 9/8?
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    Tools for pairs trading & arbitrage

    Never used their software. There is a good divergence system on Factory Forex that trades the EUR/USD vs USD/CHF.
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    Tools for pairs trading & arbitrage

    Here's what I am tracking: Download the DOW & S&P daily close data from Yahoo Finance into Excel. Multiply the futures tick value to come up with the futures notational value (YM = $5, ES = $50). Subtract the YM notational value from ES notational value. Create a chart based on the...
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    Tools for pairs trading & arbitrage

    http://www.pairtradefinder.com/books.php
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