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Interested as well.

I'm very interested in your views. Years ago, when arb was a new term, I ran an arb desk for a Tier 1 firm. I;'m not sure if the internet has flattened info flows or I'm just more mature, but IMO, if you take a successful indy now and put him into an arb chair, the firms profits would easily...

I think the issue is that DTC, at times, has issued/lent out more stock than some companies have had their boards authorize for issuance. Its a worthwhile issue for DTC to explain why they allow that to happen.

You get paid every 2 weeks if you make money or not. Secondly, you see order flow from customers, which you can scalp. Trading a personal account is much harder.

How many of you actually trade these products? And I mean where the potential for your losses makes you stay awake? There seems to be a lot of big talkers who paper-trade here and have become zillionaires, but not many who actually sweat the ticks every day.

So, whats the benefit of Ice if the spread is wide and theres no liquidity?

btubroker- How much size can you do on ice? Is it liquid enough for me to be able to swing 40-50 lots per trade, on a 1 cent spread?

I dont know any of the players but read his blog before he took it down. I enjoyed reading it. If he is such an upstanding guy, why doesnt he put it back up and allow people to look at it, read it and comment on it? Taking it down makes it look like hes hiding something.

Maybe if you give her an answer she doesnt want to hear, she'll spank you! :D

YIPES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats a helluva story. If they moved money from a regular a/c to a IRA a/c, AT WILL & WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION, that has to be one wild tax question for you. Is there a legal precednce for this or an IRS opinion? I'd love to see it. If you're already maxed out how...

You're talking about market perception versus reality. Its much easier to be negative and say world is ending, blah, blah, blah, than the S&P will close at 3000. Since most people only have average returns, by definition, the media plays to them. So, if you listen to the media, you, too, will...

For the time being, the Chinese have turned off the congressional whining tap. Now, as soon as folks explain to congress-people what actually happened, the tap will get turned on again. Remember, some think yuan is undervalued by up to 30-40% and many suggested a 10% reval was the minmium...

Friday plus IMHO, people still arent sure how to interpret yesterdays events in London. After an intensive 2 week manhunt by the cops, the terrorists can still manage to hit 3 trains and a bus? To me, thats suggests the terror goons have a network that protects them, feeds them and gives them...

Maybe with stocks hitting 4 year highs, folks who borrowed last year are selling off equities and paying down mortgages. Wells is a huge player in retail mortgages, esp on west coast.

Hot money was buying real estate lately, but that just doesnt seem like a good idea to me.

Chinese reval is a joke. Just look at how much the buck has appreciated the last 6 weeks, their reval simply is a tiny adjustment, its neutral at best. As the 'basket' and its weighting is also unknown, any impact is no big deal, except to give some talking points to cnbc. Its similar to...

Do you know if its their prop desk, a market maker or GS futures broker, was my question. Its more relevant which arm of GS is doing it.

Yup, its getting pretty bad.......

Actually it does matter. If you're just riding the wave, thats cool - a few free ticks here and there pay for lunch! If you're holding it, thinking they're gonna sell it back to you , they may just be arbing out of it and the locals will be sucking on it for a long time. Can you tell...

Is the point of the thread to show you know what GS is doing? Unless you run with the momentum of the trade, following a broker dealer can be painful. For all you know, its another side of a hedge, which will get unwound in cash, and the futures offset