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what were the market conditions in august that led to the bad performance?

did it happen abruptly in 1981 or was it a gradual change?

it sounds like you are interviewing for a stock broker position instead of a position on a trading desk. if this is the case, trust me now that the best thing to do is to not consider this job. you will carry the stigma of being a bullshitting broker whenever you try to find another job in the...

what does monday 105% mean?

are you including gaps? could it be that mondays show such a big difference because there are 2 days in between, so that gap is larger?

is that EST? any particular reason these hours constitute 1 trading day?

what are the hours that you're using to for the inside day calculation?

b1s2, can you elaborate a little more on what you're looking for on the RSI? higher trough on long grail. lower peak on short grail. any more details?

this is what everyone says, but there's still plenty of volume in the U contract.

whoa sure feels like there's a lot of strength on the upside... blew right past lunch hour. looks like people were too busy to eat today!

but those clients who earned 15% per year for x number of years lose everything when the fund blows up for that 1 year. so overall return is -100%, maybe + some change. the fund manager stays rich because he keeps the fees he earned from all the previous years earning 15% per year. on that...

i got this from the link you posted. with all due respect, isn't this exactly how Julian Robertson blew up his fund? "Big Idea #1: Clifford Asness is a quant. A 39-year old who, last I checked, was pushing $13.5 billion around in market in ‘05. His wildly successful hedge fund AQR Capital...

why haven't you guys rolled over to the Z contract yet?

and why does the cme website say the minimum move is 0.000001=$12.50? http://www.cme.com/clearing/clr/spec/contract_specifications_cl.html?product=JY

i was just checking the quote on yen futures. do you guys trade the emini or the larger contract? also, why is the yen quoted using JPY/USD (0.008...) instead of USD/JPY (116.3...)?

well this is just a positive way to spin what really goes on in the corporate world. a manager who doesn't know how to do the work himself (read political appointee of the higher level manager) motivates the worker bees by misleading them. the manager takes 90% of the credit for delegating...

but say you see that the 20 ma is fairly flat. why do you think that it will continue to stay flat when you put on a rangy market type trade. also, does it bother you that 20 is an arbitrary number? or is it not an arbitrary number to you?

how do you determine if you're in a rangy or trending market?

here's one benefit of immigration. both rich and poor want to come to the u.s. the ones with money buy up the houses and drive prices up. and the poor immigrants (legal and illegal)? well, someone is getting rich paying them minimum wage or less than minimum wage. so more money left over...

so do you guys adhere to certain trading hours or do you go 24/7?