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    VIX - 6.47 % today....

    Usual GS vola play. They like this sort of stuff. One of their specialties. 1) Strong ES upward trend unable to break through certain support levels. Trend followers still jumping on the FED hype bandwagon. 2) Yes, "holiday" play, too. 3) You bet, yesterday was one of their +$100 million...
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    microsoft trying hard once again to gain market share in the smartphone race!

    That´s actually good. Competition = more employment for the US of A...I wish there would be more competition in the banking sector, too. Especially the INVESTMENT BANKING sector. But for now, it seems an oligopoly ( of maniacs ) has the FED under full control...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    50 ? You better not experience the days when I am angry...:)
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    Short DAX at 7740

    Fake order 432 lots in the bid @6274.00. Good to know that the EUREX is becoming the playing field of the same a$$holes like in the US...
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    NYSE Says Some ( 160 Names )Closing Trades Did Not Print

    Some New York Stock Exchange and NYSE AMEX symbols did not close on the regular closing hour, the NYSE said Monday. About an hour after the end of normal trade, a spokesman told Reuters that the issue had been resolved. In an earlier email, the exchange said "certain NYSE and NYSE Amex...
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    The only thing analysts want to talk about is the inevitability of more QE from FED..

    We may not be getting September’s FOMC minutes until Tuesday — but judging from the state of FT Alphaville’s inbox on Monday, the only thing analysts want to talk about is the inevitability of more quantitative easing from the Fed. Most interesting of the lot – Barclays Capital’s...
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    where are those imbeciles that called for par Euro?

    Ha, not to forget BNP Paribas Hans-Guenter Redeker and "team" : 0.9500 !!!! LOL !...Best contra-indicator on CNBC or Bloomberg TV. Lately, he was predicting Euro to stay at 1.3400 until end of year. Ouch !
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    VIX - 6.47 % today....

    Long.
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    China sits on up to $1.5bn in copper profits

    China is sitting on a profit of nearly $1.5bn from a bold trading strategy in copper based on expectations of an emerging markets-led boom. Beijing’s bet that a ‘super-cycle’ in metals markets would keep copper prices high, despite the financial crisis, has paid off, according to...
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    Short DAX at 7740

    EUR/JPY south/south-east...See you at 110.00.
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    French August Industrial Output Unexpectedly Stalls

    Oct. 11 (Bloomberg) -- French industrial production unexpectedly stalled in August, suggesting a recovery in the euro region’s second-largest economy is losing momentum. The increase in output in July was revised lower to 0.8 percent from the 0.9 percent originally reported, Paris-based...
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    TrimTabs/BarclayHedge survey: Only 31% of hedge fund managers bullish on S&P 500

    Opalesque Industry Update - October 5, 2010 - Only 31% of hedge fund managers are bullish on the S&P 500, according to the TrimTabs/BarclayHedge Survey of Hedge Fund Managers for September. About 37% of the 109 hedge fund managers surveyed are bearish on stocks, while 32% are neutral. "Hedge...
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    The Flash Crash: The Impact of High Frequency Trading on an Electronic Market

    Thanks for posting.
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    2/3 of State attorney generals to investigate foreclosures

    (Reuters) - More than two-thirds of state attorneys general plan this week to launch a joint probe into charges some banks used fraudulent paperwork to kick struggling borrowers out of their homes, a source familiar with the effort told Reuters on Sunday. Bank of America, the nation's...
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    Brazil´s Central Bank President Meirelles Says U.S. Stimulus Is ’Biggest Imbalance’

    There is only one question to answer : when will the world stop buying Apple IPads, Ipods and IPhones "made in China" ?
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    Brazil´s Central Bank President Meirelles Says U.S. Stimulus Is ’Biggest Imbalance’

    Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. monetary stimulus and not the accumulation of reserves by emerging nations is creating the biggest imbalance in world economies, Brazil’s Central Bank President Henrique Meirelles said. Developing countries that are building up foreign reserves “won’t assume...
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    Managed futures surpasses all other hedge fund investment strategies in AUM for Q2

    BarclayHedge announced that managed futures has, for the first time since BarclayHedge began tracking hedge fund performance data in 1985, surpassed all other investment strategies, based on assets under management. At the end of the 2nd Quarter 2010, managed futures accounted for $223.4 billion...
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    JPY at end of trend?

    JSSPMK, my JPY 0.01200 calls are already ITM. My JPY outright shorts negative. Usually, when I begin with dynamic hedging strategies, we´re not far away from a top or bottom. China´s currency diversification doesn´t make much sense into a country with over 200 % debt/GDP ratio. If...
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    Countries like China that control their exchange rates “invite retaliation.”

    Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Countries with fixed currency exchange rates “invite retaliation,” Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said. “There are consequences that are bad for world economic recovery, for a world economic recovery that is fragile by other countries maintaining relative...
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    CQG Integrated Client Platform Wonders.

    So, what is CQG doing in order to improve data flow rate ? When I used CQG´s services in a Southern European country it took 900 ms to get data from servers in the UK.... Not funny at all !
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