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    Holy Goldman Sachs

    NEW YORK, July 19 (Reuters) - Treasuries prices rose on Tuesday amid views that the increase in bond yields over the past three weeks already reflects Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's optimism about the economy.
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    CNOOC a threat?

    As an American company, UCL is free to sell oil to anyone, including the Chinese. This may change if UCL becomes a property of the Chinese communist government.
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    Do You have other talents Besides trading?

    Betting. :cool:
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    Poll: How much $ do you on Trading tools and resources monthly?

    ~$7.00/mo for a WSJ/Barron's online edition.
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    Tech stocks peaked today

    Today I unloaded my remaining QQQQ's, and sold Aug 37.5 calls against SMH's. IMO, the risk/reward ratio of being long is not good.
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    Margin Call on an IB IRA account (Need Suggestions)

    IRA accounts are subject to additional rules and regulations. The IB may be obligated to prevent IRA account holders from executing orders contrary to the IRA regulations. You might want to claim that your request for the options not to be extersized was not honored, and let the IB prove...
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    How long will it take to turn a $5,000 account into $100,000?

    A lot longer than to turn a $100,000 account into a $5,000 one. :p
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    AAPL - A bloodbath in the making

    Why would anyone wish to short a high RS stock like AAPL? :confused: I would not be surprised to see AAPL go to 500 (split adjusted).
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    Cramer's Fast and Furious

    Cramer's mentaility is that of a hedge fund manager's who (mostly) gets paid for beating an index. A way to do this to bet on a basket of high-beta stocks: bull market he wins, bear market - his customers lose. This is a bad strategy for those who manage their own money.
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    Terrorist attack in Madrid, Spain! Heads up!

    The bombing, coupled with the yesterday's plunge (how the hell did they know?), ought to create a short-term bottom in US equities. I am buying into the gap down this morning.
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    The tide is turning for the specialists!!!

    The specialist system is legalized thievery. Specialists are traders who compete with the rest of us using information that is available to them only. Specialsts' share of NYSE trades has been growing, and today accounts for over 15% of the NYSE volume. Not surprizingly, the specialists'...
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    Are pivots useful ?

    Note that today's low coincided with S1 Pivot for both ES and NQ! What are the odds...
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    2 Bar Charlie Day Trade System ("LIVE DEMO")

    T-REX, well done!
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    SSF as OpennBook/LiquidityQuote proxy?

    Does anyone use SSF front-month bid/ask as a proxy for OpenBook and/or LiquidityQuote?
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    Jagnotes & The Fly

    I tried the fly and found it to be useless, then spent several months weaning the bloodsucking creature off my credit card.
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    Is NYSE Price Improvement fair ?

    Exactly. The specialist robs Peter to pay Paul, Paul - to pay Peter, and ends up robbing them both.
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    Best financial publications for a newbie trader

    www.elitetrader.com
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    Democatric debate last night

    I did not see the second debate, but watched parts of the first one in New Mexico where the candidates tried to express themselve in Spanish promising open borders, amnesty, health insurance, and other goodies to every illegal immigrant out there. :D
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    EBAY and FNM

    The time to short FNM is now. Stop above 70.
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    Price Action Books

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/3764367059/qid=1062738457/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-8112753-6975225?v=glance&s=books
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