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    Holy UBS Batman!!

    Try this link http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120672890827072299.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
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    Emini Russell 2K - 50% margin increase?

    CME emini margins changed Nov last year http://www.cme.com/clearing/rmspan/pbadv/files/Chadv07-295.pdf Thanks, it was news to me LOL :p
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    Emini Russell 2K - 50% margin increase?

    $5250 is the CME margin, ICE margin is still at $3000, https://www.theice.com/publicdocs/futures_us_reports/all/Futures_US_Margin_Requirements.pdf
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    Emini Russell 2K - 50% margin increase?

    ER2 Margins just went from $3500 to $5250, is this correct? That could explain the narrow range the last few days.
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    MF Global announcement

    Just addressing shareholders concerns... Check MF lawsuits thread.
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    MF Global announcement

    It means they outsource risk from the Man Investments division. Stock up AH.
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    Yet another and another class action lawsuit against MF Global...

    bpcnabe = IBKR shill. If funds at IBKR are 100% safe... why do they offer insurance?? If I trade futures from a segregated account, I'm not supposed to need any insurance... Where did I say that you need to "opt in"?? What I said is you need to make sure the broker actually keeps the...
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    Anybody else short US 30 Bond

    The massacre continues 118-020 LOD AH, 118-095 LAST. That's almost a 3 buck range for today. Last $3 range day for ZBs: Jan 23rd.
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    Yet another and another class action lawsuit against MF Global...

    Personally, I only wire money to segregated accounts.
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    Yet another and another class action lawsuit against MF Global...

    Segregation is not mandatory, you have to explicitly demand that your funds are segregated and be careful not to sign anything "opting out" of segregation. RIN ID: RIN 3038--AB67 NOTICE: RULES ACTION: Commodity Exchange Act: DOCUMENT ACTION: Final rules. SUBJECT CATEGORY: Opting Out of...
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    Yet another and another class action lawsuit against MF Global...

    What I meant is that other brokers do not NECESSARILY put your funds into a segregated account, but they DO OFFER that option as your pdf points out. That's the problem Jim Rogers had with REFCO, his funds WERE NOT deposited into a segregated account, they were commingled with REFCO's as he...
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    Yet another and another class action lawsuit against MF Global...

    Wrong information. MF Global US futures accounts have the money deposited in the US into segregated accounts. If MF Global goes bankrupt, your account will remain active and tradable until it is transferred to some other firm. That's what happened with REFCO futures accounts. Your money...
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    The USD is the buy of a lifetime: Attack on Ron Paul's soldiers

    And is this a fact or a theory? And if a theory, what is your evidence? In fact, there is no solid evidence. All the evidence keynesians and monetarists have for that assertion is a few distorted and incomplete history recounts and flawed econometric studies.
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    Anybody else short US 30 Bond

    For ZB, ZN RTH=open outcry hours. If you see liquidity what's the problem with trading before 7:20 CST?
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    Anybody else short US 30 Bond

    I love these crazy trades, the ones that pay off big :D :D
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    Recommended Broker for eMini S&P 500 Futures

    I forgot to mention that you have to tell them explicitly to open an account with MF Global, not with other clearing firm, if that's what you want.
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    Recommended Broker for eMini S&P 500 Futures

    http://www.attaincapital.com/newsletters/271 Is your futures account safe with MF Global stock slide today? March 17, 2008 For hundreds of thousands of futures market investors out there who see MF Global at the top of their daily account statements, today’s market activity...
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    Recommended Broker for eMini S&P 500 Futures

    Infinity Futures http://www.infinitybrokerage.com/ Price Futures Group http://www.pricegroup.com/ Zaner / netfutures http://www.zaner.com/ There are many others...
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    Recommended Broker for eMini S&P 500 Futures

    These are the US brokers offering both a front end platform like J-trader, X_trader or TWS, and also web based trading (no particular order): 1) Rosenthal Collins Group Offers J-trader, X_Trader, Onyx, and web-based Ran Order It has many Introducing brokers: Global Futures, Cytrade...
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