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what do you think is the biggest cause of volatility? do you think there will be a fundamental catalyst for increase in volatility in a few years time or is it just a cycle largley pronounced by time? and do you think volatility has correlation to trendiness? Does anyone have a chart of...

London trader, interesting comments i will reply about 2 hours after the market has opened. for now a quick briefing. monday 830AMEST comments re friday: an inside day -> no conviction. buying on close. katrina has come to light a little better for this week. dollar slammed last...

ok, i wanted to discuss the long term volatility of ES. its in secular downtrend and has been baseing since 2004. will it go lower, will it go higher, will it stay the same? when will it change? why will it change? i could handle about 75% of the volatility we have now, then i would have to...

i only use it to see when the arb programs could kick into gear, so i look more at $prem, i trade of s/r, price action, consult breath indicators and related markets.

its true, 100's thousands not working, not making products, not servicing industries, the nation won't be at full utlisation, input/output, earning/spending, the bottom lines of lots have to be feeling it. interesting to see Snow try and play it down with 'the financial system is smooth and...

i agree. some have positioned themselves that way too, evident in the size that was hitting the offer in the last minutes of the session. evident buying on a hammer formation. still theres 3 days of news, i think investors will have a better idea of katrina come monday, and we could see some...

Friday 2nd september comments re previous day: pause after up move on lighter volume. price action formed triangle. no heavy selling pressure. oil remained tame. continued buying in oil stocks. News today: Employment situation 8:30am. Earnings announcements today...

you would think so, given that the market is acting like nothing is wrong, when the direct and in-direct effects of katrina are gonna be deep and long lasting. but the market is a funny beast, todays action(thursday) was a large triangle, could be a big move friday.

Wednesday, 31st August 8.15AMEST comments re previous day: well apparently the fed wont be so hawkish because of oil and katrina, bonds warmed up to that, oil sold of with the help of gov. some good upside levels were broken, eom window dressing, short term trend might have changed...

i want this journal to be more of a hang out spot for ES players. i dont want to show boat my trades, i think that would put pressure on me. I want this journal to be a place to discuss yesterdays action and the day ahead action, not specific methods for pulling money out of the market.

I am starting this briefing section to help me and other ES participants have a clearer picture of whats going on and the day ahead. Im not selling anything, so please no bashing. Other ES participants feel free to add your comments. Im a daytrader and don't hold positions overnight. Hopefully...

whats all that spaghetti bolgaise on your charts?

markets dont go straight up or down, they pullback, retrace, re-test, chop around, spike....

typical of IB, i subscribed to the german stock bundle. and the TICK-IBIS index isnt feeding data into TWS. for a company that made $354 million last year, it can't get its fucking software to work consistently.

does anyone know what the symbol for the futures/cash premium on IB's platform is? cant seem to find it on their website. thanks.

what data subscription do i need for this with IB. How is the index calculated? thanks.

why was it perfect in your opinion?

also on my weekly BUND charts, there are volume bars(30min) of 1,500,000 for some 30min bars, it doesnt trade that much in a day................?????????????????????..........................

has anyone had any experience with the IB add-on from tradingsimulation.com? are the fills realistic? what about using it live? i like the features and simplicity of it, but want to know is it useable? thanks.

Does anyone here trade prop with REFCO in Sydney? Do you like it? How is the company culture? How is management? Are they doing well? Anything else? thanks.