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ER2 & EMD are indeed peculiar markets. But they DO trend beautifully and when you are able to catch a turn ---it's good for some beer money. Was expecting some end of qtr weakness. ---didn't happen. Next week could be pivotal. High for the day so far 770.80. B/E stop loss from...

If overseas stock indices are anything to go by then we are in for a very quiet day. Stoploss on my short at B/E is still in place at 770.90. Now, I'm off to the gym and then for an early lunch. Otherwise I would be looking for signs of weakness to add to my short.

34 Western 'burbs of Chicago. Primarily: Currencies, rates, stock indices. About 60% systematic.

I actually already have Trading Recipes, but for some reason it causes all sorts of conflicts when run on my laptop, hence the reason for something more up to date.

I have to jump in here with a few questions: What if I have a Matrox dual card in the "AGP" slot. Can I add another dual card to a spare PCI slot? Or do both cards need to be PCI? If I want 3 monitors can I have a dual matrox AGP card and then a generic PCI card for the 3rd monitor...

Are there any users of the following testing platforms that would be kind enough to post a brief review of experiences, likes and dislikes etc? (1) Traders Studio (www.tradersstudio.com) (2) Trading Blox (www.tradingblox.com) I am looking for something that is akin to the old DOS based...

There is a thread running at the moment about trading and movies. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=66431 This got me thinking. What are your favorite FICTION books about traders, trading, markets etc. You know, the sort of books you would read when you want to get...

Many many reasons, but ONE of them is that as absolute rates rise, corporations that use the swap market to hedge floating rate debt into fixed rates. Absolute rate swaps are priced as spread over T's. More anticipated demand -->wider spreads (usually). A simplistic explanation, but I think...

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Well, that 1PMcst buy program didn't work. Indices drifted back down. Let's see if the proverbial "they" have better luck at 2pm and then again at 2:30pm

Long bond attempting to bounce at the bottom of the current price channel. Nibbled on some small longs for a potential s/t bottom here.

Fee Fi Fo Fum! I smell the blood of a 1pm BUY PROGRAM! Up, up, up and away. Can't help but think my 770.90 B/E buystop will be filled by the end of the day..... Selloff was fun while it lasted.

Attached chart shows 15min bars caught within a nice channel. A break of this mornings low will bring selling. maybe...

Also, the swap guys are lifting offers (widening spreads). This has implications for re-hedging by the mortgage gorillas.

"Capital City" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098760/ A british TV series that ran in the 1980's. For nostalgic reasons I would gladly buy and/or pay a finders fee for VHS copies.

A pivotal event could be tonight in Japan. Given the size of JGB porfolios that will be MTM there is going to be a real incentive to keep the 10yr future above l/t support 133-133.15. We dipped below this last night and again on LIFFE trade but closed in "safe" territory. The bond...

It's part of "today's" trade: sell global bonds, buy commodities, buy currencies, buy stocks (maybe -Jury still out on that one...)

An interesting piece on the bund has just arrived on my desk. Upshot is a VERY compelling story on why bunds are still a great sell. Looking for a 10yr yield of 4.25% -a long way to go!

whoaaa.... "text book" bounce off of the pre-fomc highs. wouldn't it fun to see ER2 print a new high before selling off again. :eek:

Although the tape is looking uglier by the minute remember that the REAL players in small cap stocks are the mfunds. Russell 2k index ended 2005 at 673 It closed last night at 764 for a Q1 gain of 13.5%. From what I've heard most small cap manager who benchmark vs R2k will not begin to panic...