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    Long term crude oil trade, best way to do it?

    That far into the future (no pun intended), you're best off using an option. Contracts are listed far out, but they have barely any open interest. With that kind of an illiquid market you can easily go through a day or two without any actual trades happening (for that particular month/year) and...
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    What do the bank downgrades mean for tomorrow?

    Hahaha! As far as I know, they did. But it is just as paralyzed as the last one. In some sense the most appropriate place to put the EU capital is in Belgium (Brussels). Capital of a disfunctional (dis)union is in the most disfunctional country of all. Basically the split in Belgium is on...
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    What do the bank downgrades mean for tomorrow?

    Everyone who is clued up knew this was coming, but I can see some 'Belgian dentist' retail folks getting spooked. *For the record, I have nothing against Belgians or dentists :)
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    New Regs on HighFreq Trading

    All edge eventually disappears in markets -- that's inherent in the nature of markets. But folks in Washington want headlines (esp to be seen as being tough on 'evil' :p speculators). I can see them regulating high frequency on exchanges, but given that FX is OTC and truly global, would...
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    New Regs on HighFreq Trading

    Does anyone know if the new regs will apply to FX markets? Hard to see how if they're not exchange traded (so, I'm excluding fx futures). But they might be able to regulate it by pushing on the clearers. Anyone know? SEE EXCERPT: "The Commission is continuing to adapt our oversight to...
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