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Wow, must have been wild wild west back then. What was an average daily volume then? I skip the first hour (which does not matter since underlying open 1 hour later) and than trade for the next 3 hours.

Not sure what you mean about DAX being slow. I have been trading it for about 1 year now, and it moves really well. Eurostoxx is what moves quite slow and hard to trade since volatility is low. I do not remember a morning where DAX range was less than 20 ticks during first 3 hours. Usually it is...

Nope, it is EUR 2,000. Some brokers are asking for a higher one though The highest I have seen is $7,000.

You know, you are right, it is a pure speculation (what could have should have). Let's drop it.

Imagine for a second what would happen to Chile under communists. It would be the same type of killigs only at a much larger scale and ruined economy. Unfortunately our world is not a pretty place in a lot of countries. Out of 2 evils a lesser one should be chosen.

True he killed people, but no other regime, even Nazi killed as many of its own people as communists. Guys, soviets killing counts goes in MILLIONS, YES MILLIONS. Just collectivisations alone in 20s is responsible for 5-10 millions deaths. And you calling Pinochet a monster.

Soda, diet or not, is definitely not good for you. If you have it once in a while, not a biggie, but every day, it's trouble in the long run. Just goodle it.

I can not believe what I am reading. Trade Station finally got Eurex feed. What happenned??? People have been asking it for years.

I still can not understand how outsourcing can be good for US. I totally see and hear about wonders it does to India. But that whole thing about spreading the wealth is not going to cut in US for a long run. Except for electronics and just few other thing all thing in US are getting more...

I thought that trading between 50-100 ES contracts a clip would still allow 0.25 spread???

G.W. Bush days are numbered and with democrats in Washington nothing major should happen within next 2 years. The scary thought though is his brother. If he ever becomes president, can you imagine 20 potential years under 1 family rule. try to explain it to low edicated countries that we have...

I do not trade stocks, but this definitely looks like a license to front run with no reprecautions. But don't you think guys that specialists will be gone within several years anyway? So on the grand scheme of things this change won't matter.

After reading Frank Portnoy's FIASCO (he is former Morgan Stanley derivative trader), I started thinking about who really is meaningful in trading. Most of us trade at various exchanges and some do it with large size, but it all dwarfs comparing to OTC deals between large funds and banks...

Agree. The short time frames, reduce risk and provide more opportunities. However, the draw back is screen time. It is nice to sip chardonnay while looking at weekly charts, but to do it you need to operate on large scale in order to attain any meaningful results.

I have a friend who trades stocks only on NYSE, he told me that he losing his age with floor being gone, but he is doing fine as he adopts. The interesting thing though, he told me about one guy who was on NYSE floor for almost 30 years and now is crying that his days are numbered. When, he was...

Wow, I am kinda shocked. Institutions using telephone to trade on electronic platform. Then again trading on globex and similar is not their main source of income.

I primarily trade DAX futures on Eurex.

Hi Farat, I was and still to some degree am in similar shoes. I reached peak ($ wise) of my current career (software development) few years back, and I was in my late 20s. Once I discovered trading, there is nothing else I want to do more. I trade Europe open (3am-7am our time, I also live in...

Alex, This is my last response to you. I participate in this forum to exchange trading ideas and to enhance trading skills. All you do in the last few posts is swear. Your previous comment, that I responded, to was quite outrageous. Unless you are a kid who is having fun, you displayed...

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