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  1. TraDaToR

    Ag trade ideas

    https://www.barchart.com/story/news/28511498/cocoa-posts-moderate-losses-on-the-outlook-for-a-global-cocoa-surplus
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    Ag trade ideas

    I am still long U25/Z25 despite the recent "bearish" news of better harvest ahead( It will start soon so the reports must be reliable ). U/Z ( and Z/H ) are kind of intercrop spreads so if the current deficit is not replenished by the new harvest the bullish push will be on those spreads instead...
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    I actually still rarely cross the spread except when the opportunity is too good. It is funny...

    I actually still rarely cross the spread except when the opportunity is too good. It is funny the number of consistent portfolio managers on commodities. There is some limits to liquidity though.
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    Beware of this behaviour

    Correct. Don't worry. Everybody does it.
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    Beware of this behaviour

    You can cancel your limit orders all you want as long as you wanted the order to be executed when you entered it. What is prohibited is to place orders for the sole purpose of influencing the order book and canceling them when you obtained the desired effect. That's why the original case in this...
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    Beware of this behaviour

    Yes. But this is not the definition of spoofing. It's the legal base that permits to sanction a good bunch of manipulative techniques : spoofing, layering, fake orders during pre open to look for iceberg or stop orders, this technique we are talking about...
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    Beware of this behaviour

    https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-jp-morgan-precious-metals-traders-sentenced-prison
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    Beware of this behaviour

    I am pretty sure I read spoofing disciplinary notices with individual members involved. By the way, I am a NYMEX member and one time I had to explain what I was doing with my orders to my clearing FCM before he decided to report me or not( He thought I was kinda spoofing but he couldn't see with...
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    Beware of this behaviour

    So funny. I receive this just as I am writing.
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    Beware of this behaviour

    I mean the risk of getting sued by 2 federal agencies to save 2 ticks.
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    Beware of this behaviour

    I don't know if that still applies. IMO there is still some "subtle" spoofing going on, but the blatant spoofer who puts 10x his size behind the market to force execution of the small order on the other side is gone or performed by idiots who really don't know what risk/reward is.
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    Beware of this behaviour

    I don't know what order spoofing is, but this is slightly different from regular spoofing. Spoofing is a size game in a populated order book. This is more a cat and mouse chase in illiquid markets. It is something you almost naturally do in an empty book, and when you realize the other order has...
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    Nice to hear that. Still trading this kind of spreads daily. Originally, I am a liquidity...

    Nice to hear that. Still trading this kind of spreads daily. Originally, I am a liquidity provider but those types of strategy are my bread and butter now. The results are slightly more volatile though. The HF was using similar strategies or that's somthing you developped on your own?
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    Beware of this behaviour

    Hello, If you are tired of the bot constantly improving your best bid/ask on CME illiquid markets, don't try to drive it past fair value to finally hit the order from the opposite side. It 's punished now( see attached ). It's the first time I read a sanction on this, perhaps I am late and it...
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    Ag trade ideas

    Last week's export sales ."Wheat: Net sales of 578,500 metric tons (MT) for 2024/2025 were up noticeably from the previous week and up 1 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases primarily for South Korea (119,000 MT, including decreases of 1,000 MT), Mexico (92,700 MT, including 30,000...
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    Victor Niederhoffer Documentary - English Subtitles - 1997

    LOL. I can totally see that happen to him. It must be the 15 seconds he was talking about in the video. It seems it was a common occurence for him to get a margin call, talk about overleverage...His clients at one point were in awe to his 30% per year track record, not knowing they had a...
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    Ag trade ideas

    I haven't checked in 2 weeks or so, but I think Matif isn't out of historical norm with US wheat. KC is the closest in specs to Milling wheat, but I don't know if there are some physical arbs or unusual trade flows happening right now.
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    Victor Niederhoffer Documentary - English Subtitles - 1997

    Finally read "The education". All I will say is what happened is the logical result of what transpires in the book : Huge ego, bizarre ideas( "trading and music" as a strategy, seriously???) and too much risk appetite. There are some interesting chapters though, but the most part is just...
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    Copper?

    https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/copper-stocks-surge-offers-little-relief-cme-shorts-2024-06-25/
  20. TraDaToR

    Gordon Gekko aka Ivan Boesky is dead.

    "had a habit of ordering every dish on the menu at fancy restaurants, leaving most of the plates untouched". What an asshole. I can't remember the last time I read about a "flamboyant" guy that was an actual success.
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