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funny is that it does not seem extreme enough anymore...

TAXES are for everybody, FEES only for some...:D

there would always be some crap brokerages in some crap countries which some undercapitalized people would use - of course. but that would not be a concern of the US taxpayer...

A. 1 day B. with 10:1 12.5k with 20:1 6.25k

fair enough. equally i won't argue about 10:1. i was mentioning that 20:1 seems more reasonable...

you should not trade 6E with $4k account - that's my point.

i think it make sense put a cap on leverage in the same way as it make sense to have floor margin rules for stocks, options, futures etc. the question is what the number should be for fx. from my experience 20:1 is sufficient for anybody who does not manage money recklessly.

everybody on this site is either extremely left or extremely stupid. what do you mean by "wall street contibuting nothing to the society?" funny that nobody complained about this for the past 20 years before the crisis - just the oposite in fact. i would be glad to hear what banks actually...

of course - they should tell congress to f*** off. bunch of losers that live from taxes and are totally ignorant. on top of that the legislation (and fed) was responsible for the crisis more than any bank could ever be...

you made me smiling junior.

how can anybody be so delusional...?

and you made yourself looking like an idiot...

+1 +1 for macro, commodities and fixed income a formal economic knowledge is certainly indispensable.

interesting - this is exactly my philosophy/practice for years. the reason is that i never figured out anything better than that. the problem with this mental approach is that you are going to (partially) miss on big moves up while being (partially) exposed to big moves down - therefore the...

+1 :D

amen to that

any thought for 2010? i have a feeling this is not going to be a great year for treasuries - recently the action is without conviction especially on the way up (prices). this makes it different to the past 5 years. the sell-off may also come because i am the least short bonds ever - in...

martinghoul is right for everybody else who wants to know something about iceland and have a good laugh here is a fantastic thriller article from lewis (note the date...) http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/04/iceland200904

and still you do the same with the retail traders... it seems to me that intellectual integrity of institutional traders (sjfan) disappeared since i moved elsewhere. merry christmas

ok. i spent my time with your idiotic advise only because your handle is old - but now i see the time was wasted because you even can't read english. everybody knows what happens to vol - but that's not the point here. the fact that someone decides to play earnings means that the vol decrease...