so i can just clarify what you are saying can you tell me how i reckonize the difference between a black box system lifting the 10 year in clips of 2000 or 3000 as part of a system and 'a genuine paper trade going through' .
im under the impression the market does not tell you or announce...
THESE ARE THE COMMENTS FROM A SIMILAR THREAD THE OTHER DAY WE WERE ALL DISCUSSING. IT SEEMS RELATED TO WHAT YOU ARE DISCUSSING NOW.
i think the problem we all have and i assumming 'we all have' are prop traders based at arcardes or trading through arcardes is the following:
i trade mainly...
it can make a new high for the next two years before a mini crash comes about.
same thing happned back in 1929.
margin debt was trading at record highs for a good 18 months and making new highs each month.
you try shorting this market.
its impossible.
similar things have happened here in the uk the last few years.
one particular old school commentator did not know the microphone was switched off and called a well known black professional soccer player 'a lazy black bastard'.
the result was he lost all his work and everybody condemned him...
James Simons East Setaucket, New York Renaissance Technologies Corp. 68 $1.5-$2B
THIS GUY HERE SIMONS IS AN ABSOLUTE LEGEND.
HE IS THE 2ND HIGHEST EARNER SO WHAT DID THE FUND MAKE.MUST BE 3/4 TIMES THAT.
THE MOST WORRING THING IS HIS FUND DOES NOT EMPLOY TRADERS,BROKERS OR ANYONE WITH...
(1) eurex states that traders cannot high tick themselves or low tick themselves in order to trade with themselves to artificially imply a price is trading
this however does not apply to complex black box systems doing huge volume - dont know why.obviously because they do huge volume.
(2)...
i agree with what some of what you have said.
however i disagree about the whining element.
there is nothing wrong with spreading.
its a form of trading that has existed for a long while.
it suits certain type of people.
i trade outright in other products and trade larger size on spreads...
they are one of 20 arcades that exist in the city.
i have not worked there but know people there.
its the same arcade set up as with any arcade.
you are as good as you last trade.
if you want a career with stability and interest then avoid arcades.
its a short term punt with no real...
i agree with you in principal on the interest rate cycle but i think your wrong on the profitable outlook.
this is a whole different kettle of fish.
whether the fed start cutting or not these markets will only get harder. FACT AS I HAVE NOT BEEN PROVED WRONG SO FAR.
im under the...
possible move overseas, beach business , sunshine , more bang for my buck , etc etc
or down size locally to a smaller house sourcing collectables ,small ebay business etc.
not 100 percent sure.
can get a decent price on the house and call it a day
more of the same story i posted last week really but different time and a different take with sources in washington.
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/view.asp?msgID=9548
im sitting here this morning asking myself the question that maybe we all ask ourselves at least once or twice.
the last few months its been more and more on my mind.
i have been in the markets 20 years and 15 years have been trading. traditional and screen based.
for the first time in a...
i think the problem we all have and i assumming 'we all have' are prop traders based at arcardes or trading through arcardes is the following:
i trade mainly euribor and eurex or euribor against eurex.
my leg up rate and execution has got a lot worse in the last month or so. i was getting...
i still dont understand how they lost. according to greenspan and bernanke hedge funds arbitrage between different markets and make markets more efficient by trading the tiny differences that exist between them.
yeah...
well we all sat there pissing our pants as the stocks went into meltdown,the carry trade was finished and the subprime market went to the wall.
cnbc after the stocks plunged wheeled out every bullish pundit they could find and they all said go long.
most of threads on elite trader on the...
i find it amazing that people in government have come to a decision to release non farm payroll in the least liquid possible time frame of a few hours with the whole of europe closed and most us traders probably on holiday.
they get paid reasonable to good money and this decision must have...
well i made money on it and everyone was talking about it.
so im only allowed to post sites that you agree first.
ill check with you in future.
yeah rightoooooooooooooooooo
only had this link at the moment but most of my brokers are shouting this down the box and telling me that they heard a rumour about it doing the rounds.
i dont know to be honest. its friday. end of month.end of quarter.end of jap financial year. who knows what can happen if this market gets...