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the way hft/algos/hf's/specs are talked about, on a trading site no less, by some, i think it'd be a good idea to go dress as an hft for halloween. the downside is that no one besides a trader will get it - the upside is that i would win for scariest costume if only traders showed up. bottom...

+1 deltahedge. yeah gs' recs are to be taken w/ a grain of salts or a lot of them. anytime i hear about a rec from gs i force myself not to listen b/c i don't want to be like their client in the pic...

be careful trading a security based on another (e.g. vix future based on vix). true story - one time (no not at band camp) i was long uup calls and there was a temp shortage of units for the etf which caused a price spike and i was able to make 60% even though the DXY which is what it's based on...

although the transition from tos to tda has been a bumpy one at least traders there no longer rely on pnsn b/c tda self clears. +1 to the whole shoot first ask questions later mentality. i saw in their release that they signed up new clients - my question is what the hell is wrong w/ the...

IIRC thomson (reuters) seems cheaper but is about the same as bbg once you get the same packages as bbg. even then nothing compares to bbg.

+1 to everything eldorado said. i've noticed the rankings doing down in usefulness the past two years. i remember one year ib wasn't rated near the top for costs (meaning having low costs) and i immediately knew the entire survey is useless (and no they weren't just looking at futs commissions...

+1. for tradelog. unless you're only trading 1256 cars you NEED tradelog so it's all done automatically esp now w/ the changing tax lot rules.

do any of you guys remember when bernanke pulled that rate cut nonsense the fri morning before the expiration of spx options settling in the a.m. and royally screwed over the shorts? i didn't have a dog in that hunt but if i did i'd def take him off my Christmas card list

refiners w/ refineries in the midwest can buy wti really cheap (well cheap compared to brent about $18 less per bbl). gasoline and oil is a very local market despite what some may think. if you can't move the oil/gasoline then the price of brent doesn't matter as much as you might think it...

"if you can predict which direction the market is moving" - let me stop you - no one can. but even assuming you could it wouldn't matter if you were trading TF b/c you're limited to how much money you can throw at it b/c it's illiquid compared to ES.

+1. i'm going to share w/ everyone who has trouble remembering to switch car months an incredible tool that is free, available to everyone and will change your life forever - an "alert" if you will that can be set up in a free online calendar or phone. seriously guys there is no excuse for...

+1. or should i say -1 b/c it's a negative for traders. KISS - file as "unemployed" even if you make a billion dollars a year trading futures and pay no FICA taxes.

haha yeah that option pricing is a little off to say the least. my mind immediately recognized the arb opp. the quote is stale/bad/both.

it's better to make money in the dark. the only people who need and/or should know how much you make are you and the irs - or yeah and everyone on et:cool:

my 0.02 is to stay away from training/prop firms and just slowly build your own account (yes i read what you said re having expenses come up but this would happen even if you went the prop route). re your expenses - i strongly suggest if you haven't already done this to look at EVERY expense...

USO is like UNG but not nearly as bad. over long periods of time spot CL and USO do NOT track closely. the correlation might be high but the performance might not be (e.g. correlation 0.90 but USO goes up 10% and CL is up 30%). long story short there is no way around the inherent issues such...

if you stay or go nodoji thanks for all your value added contributions over the years.

this is def required reading before opening a futures account. a quick note, IIRC, the numbers for IB are skewed down b/c of the sweep function meaning they actually having higher customer balances. if i'm wrong pls correct. i don't know how this might change after the recent change in sweep policy.