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    crashing?

    What's the scenario when everyone is long calls and equities and just hedged with index puts? '87 redux possible? :)
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    IB bids/ask disappearing

    Market bids/asks disappearing and appearing (seems by exchange) just a function of speed of quotes? First time after FOMC meeting I've seen this happen. Anyone else getting this?
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    Trading for a family member

    I traded for family members from 1998-2002, wherein they saw a large percentage return on their money eventually fall back to earth to a small profit after taxes -- but money was always a separate issue and always came a distant second to family. Like others have said, it's important to just...
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    my first GOLD trade

    Those wanting to short gold might want to wait until 415 stops are taken out (based on Apr contract) before deciding.
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    Coffee . . .

    IMO OJ is in a secular downtrend, especially with all this Atkin's/low carb + sugar diets around. My family used to drink tons of the stuff now I can count the # of glasses of OJ I've had last year on one hand. Then again a nice drought/frost in Brazil and we're off to the moon :)
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    Use credit line to buy stocks

    Borrowing at 10% for a possible 18%? I don't think that's a good enough risk/reward ratio. Save it for when all the stars are lined up and you have a shot of making an outsized return in a relatively short period of time. But to just borrow 100K at 10% for "investment" returns is not a...
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    FOREX Newbie Question

    Save your money and run the other way . . . fast :)
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    What is the Federal Reserve's rationale for such low rates?

    If wages fall along with prices (hi China), real wages would remain the same, so in that sense deflation isn't so much a problem; it's the debt that kills us as all the numbers go nominally lower except the principle outstanding on any loan. Carrying as much debt as we currently have in this...
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    Today's BONDS!

    thx waggie! :)
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    Today's BONDS!

    What initiated the selling today?
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    The market climbs a wall of worry but who is worrying?

    The billions flowing into equity funds are trying to hard to keep this momentum game going, but guess who's always left holding the bag at the top; it's about time the herd of mutual fund managers who still don't know how to sell get their due.
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    The S&P is looking very toppy

    Or until FNM blows up :)
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    SMH etc

    What does that figure avg around? (sry no bb terminal here :()
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    SMH etc

    Is it possible to determine how much volume on individual names in the SMH are executed based on ETF arbitrage?
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    ECBOT fill

    Thanks Mr.X for solving that little mystery, it's too bad the customer reps at my broker had no clue about this.
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    ECBOT fill

    larrybf -- not too familiar with the bonds, YI contracts are pretty thin, only a few hundred traded a day, so you can pretty much see each fill as it goes; perhaps there is some sort of discretionary limit order that is able to fill a tick or more beyond the limit price? Still don't see how it...
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    Amgn

    nevermind
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    Amgn

    What's up? (or down actually) -- early release?
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    ECBOT fill

    Was trading YI, offering 5 contracts at what at that point was high of day. Got a couple contracts filled, then saw 25 filled at same price, then one more filled leaving me with 2. The only thing I can really think of is perhaps the software showed that larger arb offer at my price when it was...
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    ECBOT fill

    Dunno, that was the explanation given to me by the customer rep guy (yes I used the phone :()
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