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I think E-Trade offers a watered down version of TT to execute futures on at no extra cost so that is one plus other then that, don't know anything specifically about them.

Marty there was a question earlier about banks going after the price levels on exotics like digital options getting them to trigger. How much of that still goes on today?

I'll try to answer this the best I can as I know there are far more knowledgeable posters here to respond to this. Execution by definition should all be the same. I say that because unlike the equity world where there is payment for order flow and routing to 30 different exchanges, futures all...

I still don't understand the economics behind higher rates and lower stock prices. For over 100 years, higher rates equate to higher stock prices in the first half of the rate cycle. Sure the market is desperately due for a pullback and a rate hike might be an excuse to sell off for 2 or 3...

Newwurldmn, here is the conundrum. I have ZERO, count that ZERO faith in every single FCM on the planet. I think every one of them is a ticking time bomb. The retail guys that offer futures are charging you a premium for insurance. Think of it as protecting your capital. Yes they charge...

The irony here is, central banks politely tell you what they are going to do well in advance of when they do it. They actually allow traders to front run them. And these guys don't have the common courtesy to say thank you. LOL. Seriously, the actually say, hey contra, we are going to buy...

No, he is not saying that.

You can ask Martinghoul, I believe he works at a bank or shop in the FX/Rate world. I know years ago the exotics were magnets for liquidity but not sure what role they play in this current environment.

Banks don't make money by breaking levels. They make money by earning the spread on swaps. Maybe you should intern at a bank so you could see this for yourself.

Who the hell gave you that idea? You can move FX markets around easily. Maybe you need to step back a little bit and re-evaluate things and maybe pick up a few books and do a little more reading and a little less trading. Just a suggestion.

There are levels everywhere! Every tick is someone's level. Come on man. Markets go up and down. Even in Lumber futures levels are taken out. Is there a market you can point me to where levels are "not" being taken out?

The truth is you guys are doing it to yourselves. Banks play in the swaps market. They are trading spot against forwards and creating interest rate swaps. They are not punting directional bets to take out stops. And how is it that they know which stops to take out? Let me guess. It's only...

West coast tour coming up.

I am mystified by a lot of things I do. Same goes for my psychiatrist and parole officer.

How would raising interest rates 1/4 of a point cause the stock market to crash? How the hell did you come up with this logic?

Don't do it. The offer is lousy, equities are extremely challenging to trade now. You need a minimum of 100k to even try to get to the point where you could support yourself and pay your monthly bills. Get a real job. This is coming from a guy that use to run an office. The failure rate is...

I really don't know where to start and it's not my intention to berate you. Some of your posts are just factually incorrect and some of them I can't even determine what you are implying. It's possible you understand a concept but just lack the ability to communicate it. I don't know. I would...

There is so much bad information in your posts I would highly recommend reading "Dynamic Hedging" as a starter and maybe even a Statistics for Dummies book. I'm being serous. There are some real fundamental flaws in your knowledge of simple math that I strongly advise you to fix sooner rather...

I never said there was an edge in fading that I simply said the entire world is short vol. I've never found any edge in fading any crowded trade. Crowded trades don't create edge, they create noise. And for most traders, noise is usually not a good thing. But different strokes for different...

No, that is not correct either. It has to do with statistics. Implied volatility is representing an expected value of a distribution of prices. Realized vol is "one particular path". The "realized vol" is one version of the past. It happened to be the color of the marble drawn from the urn...