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This is wrong, the bonds will be trading below the $10,000 face value because at that price they yield 10% the market is at 15%... bonds will have to be sold below par to bring the yield up to 15%. To the OP, don't ask for homework advice from idiots on the internet... if you can't figure it...

I always lost money when I tried trading SIM. I think it was because I didn't really care. It was good to learn the platform though. 5yr

Martinghoul, You are right, I just read your first post, you did mention delivery. Congrats to having the capital to take delivery, I for one do not, so I am sure to roll before first notice day. You made a very good point when you mentioned that people should think of the rolls as...

The reason the volume rolled over is because May 29th was first notice day. Anyone holding a position in June after first notice day could be forced to accept delivery. So there are hard and fast rules. Equities roll on the third thursday of the contract month, unless there is a holiday...

It designates the open, high, low and close for the bar. I really hope you have a lot of money. 5yr

If you plan on holding it for a long time, you can rollover whenever, the spread (jun/sep) market is currently -455/-450 1000x350, so I think you would be safe rolling now. (and thats in the aftermarket) You would not want to roll if you have a close stop or plan on scalping, but if you are...

During a bear market rally

Because they are trying to get away from you as quickly as possible :D 5yr

You have no idea what you are talking about. Please see: http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2008ltr.pdf Buffet has averaged a 20.3% annual return while the S&P has averaged a 8.9% return (including dividends). He beat the S&P by 27.4 percentage points in 2008 5yr

They are hedgefunds... They fall into a smaller subset called CTAs (commodity trading advisors) who typically trade futures contracts based off computer systems they have developed. Anyone one that is using a computerized system is using technical analysis.

It was for all intents and purposes 100% tax rate. You worked and the government distributed money to you. It was a completely centralized and planned economy.

2 Major problems with the laffer curve: 1) He assumes that at 0% tax rate the government gets no revenue (which is obviously true) but also at 100% tax rate the government receives no revenue. (This is not true, the Soviet Union had more or less 100% tax rates and the government still had...

I will bet you everything I own and more that the dow will hit 7100 before 6800. 5yr

See link http://www.managedfutures.com/top_cta_rankings.aspx Sort by AUM, the top biggest manager has $23 billion. All their trades are based on technical analysis and not fundamentals.

Paul Tudor Jones had (or has) a sign on his desk saying losers average losers. What you are proposing is to not only average down on a loser but to add leverage on that loser. Its like playing blackjack and every hand you lose you double your bet, eventually you have to win, but do you have...

Think about it the other way, if you lose the first bet, the 2nd bet you would be better 10K with 90K in equity. Betting a fixed amount means you go down faster and up slower than if you bet a fixed percentage. Unless you are coming out of a draw-down or coming off a peak. 5yr

If you expect to win 60% of the time and you bet 10% everytime, you should expect HUGE drawdowns. If you play this 10000 times the chances of losing 10 times in a row are near certain. Because its a "fixed fractional" bet your equity won't go to zero, but 70 to 80% would be expected. Once you...

Just cut it by 66%, good thing you didn't do that. 5yr

Might work if GE doesn't cut its dividend, and there is a lot of talk that they will have too. Seems too high risk for me. 5yr PS. I like GE and have been buying it all the way down, much to my dismay

Test the code on the Nasdaq and other markets if it works well on all of them I would think you have something 5yr