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this is big news boys and why the stocks are getting hit and the treasuries are being bought at the moment. also the methodology in grading any new issuance has changed. so new subprime cdo's and bonds will be harder to get issued...

mr dog fish how are you? nice of you to join us. how you finding it at the moment?

im unsurprised. expect a lot more as the volumes will dwindle over the summer. less commission and ever decreasing profits will force these smaller outfits to the wall.

yes this is what i talked about on other threads. profiling is our main problem at the moment. the sheer processing power and number crunching that goes on is amazing. this is the main reason i changed my style to taking a view. with all the spreads and outrights programmed in...

its not a depressing thread its a realistic thread. and no it wont change. it will never be like it was before. it will never get easier only harder. the only thing we can do is trade a different style. i went through this when the arse fell out the of fx market back in...

this is one of the big problems with these people. like ltcm , they are so convinced they are right that when the time comes to bail out of shit positions they cant pull the trigger. most traders including myself just know when its time to get out. these guys have not got any traders to...

this guy is worth so much money its embarrassing. why does he not just fuck off out the markets. he does not contribute anything anymore. he pays fuck all tax with his money parked offshore in some cayman island trust fund. he employs very few people. its all done by machines...

come on locals. no stories of anyone cleaning up. no stories of anyone adapting and making a fortune. no stories of any scalpers still competing with machines and winning for a tick. oh well back to my spread thats offside this morning again. :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

im surprised people are surprised that this goes on. humans and money. now i wonder whats going to happen there?

i think you made an interesting point here: i agree with you and everybody else.you have to adapt your trading style and move on.im not disputing that.i have changed and adapted and it seems to be a monthly occurrence at the moment. my main point is this and why i quoted you above. an...

well over a month has passed since the arrival of the bobl 1/2 tick. looking around at the arcade i work at and speaking to other arcades it looks to have been a disaster for the arcades. as predicted traders are doing the double the amount of round trips for 1/2 the profit with twice the...

so you assummed that meant buying stocks. securities means a variety of products including some commodities. why are people obsessed with the market meaning the stock market. their happens to be a bond market and also a fx market.

there seems to be a lot of these black swans about at the moment. these event are suppose to occur only once in 500 years but they seem to occur about every 5 years at the current rates of crises that develop.

The CDO’s Flying Circus June 30, 2007 Merrill Lynch & Co. on Wednesday sold only $100 million of $850 million of highly rated collateral assets it auctioned after seizing them back from the Bear Stearns funds, said a person familiar with the auction. Details about Merrill's auction and...

and it just keeps on getting worse and worse. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/40dbb554-2914-11dc-af78-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=e8477cc4-c820-11db-b0dc-000b5df10621.html :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

ah the infamous black swan finally appears. this is going to be fantastic. reverse leveraging and forced selling are two of the funniest things to watch in a market at the same time. i would suggest to all you are about to watch history in the making here. this will make the...

problem some middle class taxpayer who is pissed off with the congestion charge, car parking charges and speed cameras in london.

dont you just love bad news http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article1984478.ece

ah fantastic -the benefits of the global market. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article2002886.ece

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/united_states/article1991131.ece