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Scientist, I too use button trader for scalping. I think it is an excellent platform that has opened me up to new forms of trading. I was wondering if you ever use button trader's weighted depth feature. It weights the depth by level, assigning a greater value to bid and ask volume. Check...

I'll attempt to add omething a little more useful. A few years back Derivatives Strategy Magazine had a list of the biggest trading scandals. You can find it here: http://www.derivativesstrategy.com/magazine/bestof/trading_Scandals.asp . Their "best of" section offers some entertaining reading.

My fav was a Japanese fund that lost about 70% of their equity a few years back. The loss was substantial but the real kicker was the fund's name was, get this, Ifukku. Seems like the investors should have known what they were getting into on that one (at least phonetically speaking). Lastly...

I am looking into health care right now myself. I am a young man with no health problems, no prescription meds, etc. Hence I'm just going for basic emergency care coverage. If anyone else is in my boat they may want to check out: http://www.bcbsm.com/members/pg_bp_ppo.shtml and...

Thank you ktm. Correct me if I am wrong but I believe that sinister non-reportable position you are refering to harry is the positions of small traders. Open Interest - Large Traders - Commercials = Small Traders. That is what you are seeing here. Conspiracy solved.

Are there any Button Trader users out there who would be interested in sharing their simulation files? I would like to improve my tape reading skills after hours by trading old simulations. Of course I would love if anyone would be so generous as to bestow this resource on me for free but if...

SFO Magazine just had an interesting article on the nuances of the put/call ratio, how its reported, etc. You may want to check it out. Sorry I don't have a link but it should be on their website somewhere. It seems that the simple fading interpretation has fallen off in effectiveness over...

Could you please expand upon your assertion that large traders don't have to report anymore? I follow the CFTC's COT report and I see no new differences. Please inform me of any new regulatory changes of which I am unaware. Thanks.

Has anyone here ever been to the Interbourse Ski Week or are planning to go this year? It is a big ski race between members of the world's financial exchanges. Traders and skiing, what could be cooler? If anyone from the NYSE or CBOE is looking for a "ringer" for the racing I will gladly...

Darkhorse and Mvic I appreciate your insights in this thread. It is one of my goals to increase my knowledge of macro trends and the reading of the larger world. Thank you for challenging my mind along those lines. You were discussing the topic of globalization breeding corruption. I have...

Speaking of Wall Street and art, on a recent trip to Poland I found and purchased a great theater poster for the movie Wall Street. I framed it and have it on display. Would playing the movie Wall Street in a Communist country been a form of anti-capitalist propaganda? In any case the...

After trying many different chairs I found that my favorite is a simple folding chair with no padding. Strange but true.

Have you guys ever heard of Mr. Skin? He's this guy who was a trader on the CBOT. He had an uncanny ability to recall every racy scene any actress ever did. During the down times other traders would quiz him all day on what actresses appeared in what state of undress in what movies. He had...

TSOKAKIS, Would you mind terribly explaining the basis of your VIX system in words? I am not versed in Amibroker language. The VIX is an powerful indicator and I am always interested in hearing others interpretations of it. Any additional explanation would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

I worked at a ski resort one winter during college. One day one of the owners friends put his helicopter down right in the parking lot. I don't know what make and model it was but this thing was sick. He grabbed the owner and some other employees and flew over the resort taking aerial...

I just received the full CD set from Disk Trading. They are legitimate. I too shared your concern at first but after emailing the founders I was impressed with their operation. Also you can request particular formats to the data, specific date and time formats, etc. I'm a satisfied customer.

Possibly someone more eloquent than I could create a form letter that we could send to our representatives. In all honesty I do not know how exactly to convince our representatives that the 60/40 treatment represents the greater good but I do know that if it is repealed it is going to cost me...

iLoo? Sounds more like iPoo to me!

You can download the trading book from my website at: http://www.geocities.com/opmtrader/resources.html You may have to change some of the equations as they are for options trades. If you are serious about trading knowing Excel should be part of your skill set. You'll need it for many...

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