Black Monday...

Quote from Bogan7:

No because i dont think you trade regardless of what your handle says.

Actually i have noticed that handles proclaiming a strong trading bent almost always indicates the opposite in a similar way to pick who cant play poker very well in an online poker room.

Guys that have poker handles like All Aces, Poker God. ICanPlayPoker etc are usually the worst players. But I could be wrong here but it is just what I have found over time


Your assumptions and under estimating others is the only recipe that makes you keep your head above waters. You don’t know what I do. If you read my posts you should get a good idea how strongly I know this business and what kind of job I am involved in. I am not your average scalper/ daytrader, thats for sure.
 
Quote from scriabinop23:

heheh...

had to do it. haven't seen it yet. Even the bears are getting complacent.

(edit: looks like the others .. increasenow.. jackstone ... have this covered.)




Complete pessimism and negative sentiments in this opening post. What else can you offer us besides this?
 
I tried to be positive, I really tried, but everywhere I looked was more bad news.

Im sorry. Thats all I have right now. Check back in a few months and we'll see.

Quote from HedgefundTrader2:

Complete pessimism and negative sentiments in this opening post. What else can you offer us besides this?
 
Ok, positive stuff....
G7, IMF Concerns About Financial Crisis Shift To Forex Mkts
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Global financial leaders turned the spotlight on currency markets over the weekend, seeking to restore market stability and prevent the financial crisis from taking another turn for the worse.

The Group of Seven leading industrial nations held back from unveiling bold new actions aimed at combating the crisis at their meeting Friday, though they committed to a range of regulatory changes that could reshape the workings of the financial system in years to come.
It looks to me as if the G7 did meet to discuss the current state of the dollar. This is good. And they all agreed that the state was very weak. But not weak enough to take any action, bold or otherwise.

That's positive right? If the dollar was in real bad shape they would have done something of course.... (It could also mean that interventions are not doing anything for anybody except increasing the debt...)

Just a few hours and we will see if the rest of the world thinks it is positive.:)
 
and the negative news.


http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aRoXWi5Su464&refer=home

Finance Ministers Seek Global Response to Surging Food Prices

By Christopher Swann and Guillermo Parra-Bernal

April 13 (Bloomberg) -- Finance ministers from around the world warned that surging food costs threaten to reverse progress on poverty reduction and backed World Bank calls for more funds to fight hunger.

Soaring food prices and seizure in credit markets topped the agenda at this weekend's meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Policy makers gathering in Washington said the rising threat of hunger demanded a global response and sought to fill the $500 million gap identified by the United Nations World Food Program.

``We need a common effort to attenuate the immediate undersupply due to rising prices,'' German Economy Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul said. ``For every percentage increase in food prices, an additional 16 million people are threatened with hunger.''
 
Paulson has a cheek. He asks that developing nations not apply price controls....but what the hell are subsidies and bailouts in the US?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=avZSJ.UAchew&refer=home

Paulson Says Developing Countries Should Avoid Price Controls

By John Brinsley

April 13 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson advised developing nations struggling with soaring commodity costs against using price controls because they may do more harm than good to long-term economic growth.

Governments ``need to resist the temptation of price controls and consumption subsidies that are generally not effective and efficient methods of protecting vulnerable groups,'' Paulson said in the text of a speech to the World Bank's development committee in Washington.

Record prices for commodities from crude oil to rice are causing food shortages and political unrest in poor countries and increasing concern elsewhere about inflation. Paulson said improvements in agriculture and energy conservation are better policies to pursue than government-imposed measures to contain prices, which he said may exacerbate problems.
 
Ok a positive. Savings bonds yielding 4+% a year with deferred tax treatment looking mighty tasty right now for you longs. MMMMMMMMMM MMMMMM Get a chunk right now. That might be the only thing that will save your mighty dollar. hopefully....
 
Quote from HedgefundTrader2:

Your assumptions and under estimating others is the only recipe that makes you keep your head above waters. You don’t know what I do. If you read my posts you should get a good idea how strongly I know this business and what kind of job I am involved in. I am not your average scalper/ daytrader, thats for sure.

You definately are not a hedgefund trader trust me I worked with some of the biggest while in London. You remind me of that idiot stocktrader another permalong fool which certainly has nothing to do with hedgefund trading
 
Good job Black Monday fans. Futures jamming down nice for you and steady.

Guess I should of stayed short the index. I'm long and wrong into Monday. I'm the dumb money it turns out this time.
 
Pump,

You held ES longs over the weekend? I am not sure how low we will open monday. But I expect some more downward pressure. I do not think it will be like Black Monday though.
 
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