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I concur with day4night. Why go abstractly through a stock if you want the return of the commodity ?

Just curious how many ETers were at Allston's test today.... -T

Thanks to everyone who has posted their advice ! I'll probably post more here later when I get the time. -T

Hi all, As a recent graduate in financial markets, I felt like posting some of my thoughts and experiences from my recent job hunt. I've been making the circuit applying for junior trader jobs all around Chicago. In my previous life as an IT consultant, I am used to throwing out a...

Whoops, yea, I meant all physically settled but those two.

Oh yes, one more question. C) Does the $Index contract go opposite the currency pairs contracts ? That is, a rising trend on the $Index futures indicates a strengthening dollar and a falling trend indicates a weakening dollar ? -T

Hey All, I'm working on building a set of screens to track intermarket trends. I'm rusty on my currency futures. Can someone verify I've got the understanding down here. With the exception of the Brazilian Real and Russian Ruble, all contracts are cash settled. Say I'm looking at...

Duh. I missed that "Set as Default" checkbox in the rectangle properties. Thanks, Tony

Hmmm. There are probably a lot of good books out there. I'll tell you what worked for me. I have a similar background. I did 5 years of Java before going into finance. Personally, I REALLY like VBA. I tend to work solo when I have trading ideas and such. VBA lets you do stuff really...

Hey All, Can someone tell me if its possible to alter the default colors on tradestation drawing objects ? By default, my Trendlines are cyan and my rectangles are red with navy fill. I need them both to be black lines and no fill on the rectangles....its tedious changing it...

************************************************** Note, I didnt see the "I dont want an explanation" until after I posted. I'm leaving this info in case anyone else is interested. ************************************************* Options and futures are both tradeable contracts...

Do you have access to a Bloomberg ? Theres a sh1tload of NY and London jobs on there. Like 25 pages. Take an afternoon to comb through them and find the ones geared to entry level. A lot of them are good ways to start a career. Work your IT background. Tell recruiters you dont mind...

For what its worth, I'm in a trader training program in chicago, and I'm being strongly urged to keep my mind open to NYC or London. Supposedly there is a dearth of trading jobs in Chicago compared to those other two cities.

Time for a mean reverting trading system, with maybe some protective puts to cover your ass when you get a long signal. :D

Um. When you backtest a system, arent you attempting to predict the future results of the system based on how it performed on historical data ? :confused: You're really just choosing one random path for another.

I concur with areyoukidding. See if they have any friends with 1MM they are looking to seriously trade.

Trading is a career where a guy of average intelligence can do extraordinarily well for himself if put into the right positon. As you can imagine, the line goes out the door and a few miles down the street for opportunities such as these. This lets trading firms be EXTREMELY selective...

This article, "Putting Volatility to Work" is worth reading. http://www.ivolatility.com/news/Putting_volatility_to_work.pdf

And a new 60 min chart.

Obviously, Google's decision to unload their stock will add downward pressure to the price. Here is a new daily chart.