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    Housing Threatened by Defaults in Sub-Prime Mortgage Market

    subprime delinquencies...... Again, going up.. BUT WAIT! We aren't even at the 2002 peak! Here's an excerpt I wrote on my blog earlier:
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    Housing Threatened by Defaults in Sub-Prime Mortgage Market

    foreclosures... (lagging)... notice the trend up...
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    Venezuela Nationalising MORE

    Not necessarily a flight out of VZ. I've been studying the soverign debt ratings for Venezuela and here's some observations throughout all of the whole Chavez nationalizing saga: VZ still has a BB- rating by S&P on it's long term sovereign debt. Within the last 360 days, it has been...
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    Front-running in bond futures or just in cash?

    perhaps putting on a squeeze by buying the cheapest-to-delivers, and when the unlucky holders of futures contracts need to purchase that particular bond in the cash market, the supply is tight, and obviously, when supply is tight, these poor folk pay out the a$$ for the "cheapest" to deliver...
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    Options data besides ivolatility.com ?

    what are you looking for? chances are i can find it on bloomberg
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    Pictures of your trading stations

    ...closeup of the bloomie (dedicated machine)
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    Pictures of your trading stations

    this is a photo of the new desk at work.... home is still undergoing a renovation, with 2 NEC 17's and the stands for them coming in late February (ya'll can remember my old setup at home) forgive the grainyness, it's the doggone camera in the treo 650
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    Starting pay for a floor runner on the CBOT

    there are no more runners. Ever since the new HHT's came in, there's no need.
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    Seeking US Night Trader Chat (HSI futures)

    add me, IM is in profile... (aol) i'm usually awake with a bloomberg... -c
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    Anyone going to the NY Trader Expo?

    I'll be there, sniffing around for some competitors :D Who wants to grab a drink at Hawaiian Tropics' new digs near Times Square one day after the expo? -c
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    Is the specialist screwd up or it is normal business at NYSE?

    Specialists this yr kinda got shafted on the bonus front, so.... they get shafted, they shaft you... :) -c
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    Hedge Fund shoes. Get a pair.

    bought em :) i'll let ya know how they turn out :D
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    New Scalper at a Prop firm, cause for alarm?

    LOL!!! :D
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    FX Options

    thanks... Does IB allow for more of the exotic options trading (i.e. knock-in, knock-outs, etc.)
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    Looking for Entry Level Job NY/Chic

    Go IB. We're slashing more salestraders this month before bonus payouts :( Replacing them with black boxes and a couple new API feeds. -c
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    FX Options

    Anyone know anyone offering retail options trading for FX? thanks, c
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    CEO OF Goldman Sachs Can't Sleep At Night. What's Keeping Him Up?

    maybe he needs to read Fooled By Randomness :)
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    Futures Market Dead!

    hilarious :)
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    What type of trader are you? Q&A

    For what I do, bonds are a swing proposition. I tend to LOVE to play the spreads, on yc widening/narrowing. These trades I can hold for as small as a few days, out to a few months (held on to a spread for about 7 months in 2006).. For equity derivatives, my holding time is minimum 1 month...
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    CBOE:RUT history

    i'll look on my bloomberg in a few when the open settles down here in bonds, and see if i can't pull it out and get an excel file... look for a pm in a couple hours -c
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