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LIFFE were definitely too cocky at the time but the facts remain - they developed the bund future in 1988,before DTB even existed.They used their infrastructure to sustain and build the contract into a global market.Seeing as DTB spent millions developing their Exchange always being clear that...

Deutsche Borse wasn't successful at all until the late 90s.Most people on this forum probably don't know that the Bund used to be LIFFE's flagship contract when pit trading took place there.It's only since the dawn of the electronic era and cheap fees that Eurex were able to swipe the Bund right...

Couldn't agree more.They advertise themselves as providing this 'great' liquidity and really being a welcome addition to the market but as soon as it gets too choppy for them and they can't twist and turn the smaller traders the a$$holes switch them off. With a bit of luck they've been hit on...

Amazing.I posted a week ago with my views on Euribor and not one person has come out in it's defence saying how much they love it in there,look forward to trading it every day and make loads of cash out of it - that in itself speaks volumes.

Not sure what you mean by the first bit,I was only answering the original questions i.e. how long have you traded them for and what are your experiences/thoughts. Any techniques used in the pit are now pretty much useless,some people probably still trade purely off gut-instinct like in the...

nazzdack is absolutely right,technically DOW goes up,30 yrs should come off and vice-versa but sometimes they go together - I've gone heavily short of T-Bonds before predicting the DOW ramping,it did and the bonds ramped as well,luckily I bought mini-Dow too but my point is that each market is...

Have dabbled in Euribor for the past 7 years,my advice is don't waste your time.The WSJ published an article reckoning the top 3 traders in there are computer models and it really tells - it was pretty decent until 2003/4 when they started to take over,ridiculous spoofing all day,every day -...

Who said it was?

I also have a serious question for THE-BEAKER,do you think you'll still be trading the markets in 5 years time?

OK Bundman,I'm not too familiar with the intricacies of spreadbetting but if you make that much giving up such an edge then you'd be well advised to get a front-end,some decent clearing and go live,put your money where your mouth is,so to speak.

What size do you trade bunds in? How many ticks is a 'vast deal of success'? Are you for real?

Women generally have more patience,will go with a trend rather than try and fight it and aren't trying to impress their mates all the time trying to be the bigshot of the office.

But doesn't the 10 and 30 Years feel more mechanical in the way the prices and bid/ask size fly about?The flipping model in the bunds is annoying but a lot of the size advertised does trade,in the 10 Year it's every bid and offer,always in 3-5000 lots which so rarely get completed. I thought...

Also the 30Year has so many algo-models running on it,it's like playing a video game permanently set on ULTRA-HARD only no fun at all,just like the 10Year - painful markets to trade.

Apparently it's going half-tick as well next year,what with the new algorithm starting in August humans might stand a chance again - like you say everyone I speak to has struggled in there for ages and headed for other markets.

Not trading Short Sterling any more?

It's become a lot harder to find an edge lately,bottom line is you've got to know what you're doing instead of just scumming ticks out of the market. Personally I don't think the growth of the arcades helped matters for anyone - all the markets reached saturation point,a load of headless...

The only way to outwit them is to be right,not over-trade so you're not stopping yourself out just because you can't afford to run them any more and be patient - I used to get really frustrated until I found out that algo-models were behind it,now I know what I'm up against I don't treat it like...

Definitely the only way to make money now is to position take,don't get spoofed out by size and keep stops disciplined. If anyone is interested in who their losses are going to,this year's Trader Monthly Top 100 Earners should shed a bit of light,of the top 100 - 93 are hedge-fund portfolio...

I've always been hugely against reducing the minimum price change for any contracts but it does make sense to stop these algo-spoofers/flippers,maybe even level the playing field. If Exchange fees stay the same and the price change is reduced,being bid and offered all day for more than you...