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Atleast you didn't lose money I am sure there is some poor bastard out there who went long at 33.75 on the intial spike

Really low volume as well

So much for hotter then the nmx ipo

I was wondering what others do in this situation..... I trade futures using a couple of indicators, though its mostly just trend following. Here is my question, when I set up my trades, I use the highs and lows for the prior day in the open auction session to set up my entry and to place my...

Is it just me, or is the Scottrade commercials that CNBC plays 20 times an hour the most annoying commercial out there?

What happens to the traders who were trading under sub llc's for Jasper? I assume they are affected by this as well?

Nikkei is actually up since the open... it opened gap down about 700. I am just waiting to see what happens when China opens in 10 mins.

Anyone use an Oil Squawk with success? TTN seems to get the most press but I have not actually heard of anyone who uses the petro news from them.

I suppose two things could happen..... 1) The average family making $60,000, didn't take on any more debt, and they each got 1.5% salary increases yearly starting five years ago when they got the ARM, thats roughly an additional $500 net they have each month to offset the increase in a...

Good point, I could see a 200bp increase and penalties put an overextended household over the edge.

This may sound naive, but 30 year fixed mortgages are only about 20-30 bp higher the a lot of ARMS.... couldn't the 1 trillion in ARMS just refinance to a fixed without much change in the monthly? Wouldn't this prevent most of the defaults?

Thanks.... I was just confused because IB has the multiplier at 250.

This is a stupid question from a newbie in the options world, but here it goes.... What is the multiplier for SPX options? I have seen both 100 and 250 given as answers and I am a little confused on which one is correct. Also, assuming a simple buy call/put trade, if you exercise the...

I know NMX was a once in a decade move, but it had similar hype and it opened at 126 and had 30 pts of upside before calming back down.

You make a good point....

What do you guys think about the Fortress IPO on Friday? Is it a sucker play right after it goes live and is already triple the 18.50 range, or is it going to the moon like NMX? It made the front page of the FT this morning, describing the demand for the shares as "insane and ridiculous", and is...

In the prop world, if you have the choice of depositing some of your own capital or deposit none and still be allowed to trade there capital, why would you ever put up capital? Is there any benefit to putting up capital at all? It seems all things being equal would point to using OPM other...

I am intrested in what you feel is not right with them, I am skeptical about most things so I would love to hear your take on them. You can send me a private message if you would rather not talk about it in the forum.

I was looking to get on board with them, and I just have not really met anyone who has any experiance or knowledge of the firm. Its exciting that you are going to interview with them

Yeah that was what I was talking about, any thoughts?