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- CateFul replied Sep 11, 2012
As far as performance goes a potentia investor should look at at least these: >1 Sharpe ratio, the higher the better >1 Sortino ratio, the higher the better average win > average loss, both in points and as percentages of equity, I would think ...
- CateFul replied Apr 28, 2009
Leon, you're looking at the last sale price, not the current market price. The last sale price means there must be a trade taken place at that price. The current market price is the bid/ask. That can change without trading. When you come in Sunday ...
- CateFul replied Apr 28, 2009
Oh yeah sure, happens all the time during data prints or in a "fast market".
- CateFul replied Apr 27, 2009
Didn't he end up losing a lot more than he would on that trade? He wasn't "scaling in", his pos just got bigger in a ranging market to compensate the lower vol. He bought more than he wanted to carry. You guys are pretty aggressive here lol. Scale ...
- CateFul replied Apr 26, 2009
Losers average losers. Well said, PTJ, well said!
- CateFul replied Apr 12, 2009
200 isn't a big order. And lol no you don't always get a quick & easy fill. sometime u get filled only on half or not at all, and you'll just have to live with that.
- CateFul replied Apr 12, 2009
Hi, 1) If you look at Euro dollar daily for the past 12 month, you've got only a few tradable levels. I'm on a mac and don't have access to the chart but I'll try to do my best recalling them. Let's move back a few months to summer 08. Before the ...
- CateFul replied Apr 7, 2009
Hi there, You can trade with DBS Vickers Securities. It's a division of DBS bank. And in this climate, I'd rather go with an Asian bank than the "big" City boys.
- CateFul replied Apr 4, 2009
Edge is just something you are better at than other people. If you understand a company's earning potential better than other people, you've got an edge. If you know the global macro economic trend better than other people, you've got an edge. Same ...
- CateFul replied Mar 27, 2009
The Chinese A share market has a similar tax on transactions. Though it's much lower, currently sitting at 0.1%, and only taxable on sales. 0.5% round trip is going to kill the day trading business. I wonder how many hedge funds are going to stay in ...
- CateFul replied Mar 26, 2009
I saw that too. Indeed, who the heck wants to hold a 40yr paper. Maybe inflation won't pick up in the shorter sector, but who knows what's going to happen in 10, 30yrs with all the money they're pumping in. It would be insane to buy the 30yr paper ...
- CateFul replied Mar 26, 2009
Yes, it makes absolutely no sense to buy the long bond below break even. It is trading at 3.66 now. Long term inflation is 3.5. Add taxes that works out to be 4.62. That's almost 100 basis points below break even. This is ridiculous! The 5yr auction ...
- CateFul replied Mar 25, 2009
funny video — Hey Paul Krugman video this video is really funny I can't help but post it here....
- CateFul replied Mar 23, 2009
Thanks Jacko! Here's another interesting article on his plan: url
- CateFul replied Mar 8, 2009
I've seen RBS offering 500k and up. But normally they don't have a set minimum. If you have a 1k account and trade upwards to 10B/mo they'll let you have it.
- CateFul replied Jan 2, 2009
You won't know until you bet. but if you watch the price closely you'll get clues.
- CateFul replied Dec 5, 2008
i believe its his fund, back then it was managing $130+m I believe
- CateFul replied Dec 4, 2008
This is off-topic but I saw the video Trader (the one with Paul Tudor Jones) and he traded 1,100 contracts on a sunday evening, and that was in the 80s! I could not keep my jaw from dropping. I did not eat that day;P
- CateFul replied Sep 2, 2008
You may want to check out Trader888's posts and James16's thread.
- CateFul replied Aug 20, 2008
Normally if I have 3 in a row I'd stop trading for a few days.