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I think you are not desperate enough. Want it badly enough and doors will open for you.

Gary Smith mentions High yield junk bonds as a reliable indicator for a recession. Specifically, he mentions the Merrill Lynch High Yield Bond index is making record highs (no recession in the near future). This was in the technicalwatch.com site.

Use it in the weekly time frame.

It could also mean that oil has finally broken out in terms of gold (a non paper currency). Implying peak oil etc.

Traders in general look to do things that the normal crowd is not into. And what is that? It's going against the trend. You have to realize this and learn to go with the trend (after taking quite a few losses) I believe Soros mentioned that he lost the most money by shorting the market.

Guys, what's with the QG contract. When I look at the details (on IB) it trades from 15:15 to 23:59 Is there not a nat gas contract which trades normal business hours and is liquid ? What am I missing ??

I wish this was clear from the beginning. What a bloody mess. I have bits and pieces of yen, GBP, EUR and AUD. Thanks for posting the solution to this. IB: It would be nice if you showed IDEAL PRO balances separately.

Could you explain to us how you arrived at this conclusion ?

If the market goes up, we have a power buy.

July is the last contract for IB as far as Nymex e-mini is concerned. Trade the IPE brent crude contract. Symbol is COIL

Thanks for the suggestions. I see leaps only going out to Dec 2007. Are there any going further out ? vhehn, can you give me a few pointers on what strike price you would choose ? One of my objectives with this particular trade (I am already holding emini futures in another account) is...

For a long term (3-5 years) trade . Knowing that nothing is for free, how do I go about getting 2x leverage on the Nasdaq 100 index. I could buy QQQQ on margin (and pay margin loan fee) at the broker, or I could buy the mutual fund UOPIX (which has a 1.7 % expense ratio) Which one of...

I have emailed it to Aaron. Hopefully it will be on his website soon.

I contacted CBOT regarding this and they sent a spreadsheet my way. But it's bigger than the max size to attach here. So perhaps you can also contact CBOT.

Well, I have read (skimmed thru) a few books on options. I have also realized that directional strategies using options is just a very small aspect of options. However, the reason I was interested in options in the first place was leverage. So, to keep it simple, I want to only focus on that...

I am just bumping this up. Any replies/pointers would be nice.

I am a total newbie. At this point, I think that if there were a futures market on the sector indexes I would just use that. I am interested in using options for long term (2-6 months) directional strategies. The only thing I want is leverage. (I think I could get this leverage at a prop...

Is there a futures contract for the spread between say the 5 yr and the 30 yr ?

Stats are one thing and having seen it with your own eyes is another thing. When was the last time you were in Auckland ?

I have heard that Perth is a very nice place to be. For your visit I highly recommend visiting the south island as well. The local Kiwi folks don't think much of Auckland. I suspect it's because of the high Chinese population (I think it's atleast 40 %). It's also a crowded city with...