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Do you mind explaining it? For example why are euro stox or dax bullshit contracts?

Well, the reason is quite obvious. Putting all these products on central exchange will deeply cut into fat profit margins.

I think it was a good season. Purely from entertainment side of course. I liked Larry the most in this season. My first season vote goes to Alex Gerchik (day trader). Both look like real deal unlike some other characters.

You are using one of the 2 old arguments why forex is better or needed, that is ability to trade mini lots. The first was is exotic crosses. When you trade for some time, assuming you know what you are doing, you will be able to increase the size of your trades from 1 to 2 contracts, from 2 to 3...

You can also reads this for some explanations: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2008/03/sec-gives-permission-to-fudge-mark-to.html?showComment=1206804540000

I am surprised that no one is talking about this. http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/fairvalueltr0308.htm

Allen, This removes any doubt about what you do. You are willing to go much further to prove that your trades are real then anyone I have seen here. I salute you for doing this. Anyone who doubts it now is simply a troll. Regards, redduke

I also see it as a negative. If SEC and CFTC are merged, I highly doubt that it will be beneficial to us who trade futures.

Guys, Did you even see the whole show. They are not running hedge fund, they are just stock brokers. redduke

Exactly my thoughts, could not have said it better myself.

Offense is the best defense, as the old saying goes. You have not provided a single fact about any of your posts. You state that forex is great and aside from few bucket shops no need to pay attention to all other unscrupulous behavior, which in your mind does not even exist. You also...

Ignorance is a bliss.

I covered some of it in my prior posts, but here is another one. Trading in forex virtual world opens you up to a lot more risk as I outlined before, on top of it your funds are not really segregated, and should there be broker insolvency, forex account have much less protection then futures...

Open up your eyes first, you will not be laughing at what you would see.

Oh really, if you know any experienced traders, just say above to them. You'll be very surprised at their reaction. It just shows that you are very naive.

It is both. To get access we are talking about a minimum account of several millions. Actually it is not that difficult. You would need to find a broker and decide which platform best suit your needs. For starters, you can go to mirus futures website and get a free trial (no need to even...

Another fellow Russian here, living in New York.

Millionaire Traders is a good book to read. Boris (jbt) started a thread when the book was released, just search for the title.

All this talk opens an old question. We all agree that trading spot fx introduces additional risk to trading since there is no central exchange and the broker has full control. Whether the broker is using these additional ways to generate “extra income” is a different question, but it is...