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Old May 25, 2004, 4:53pm   #1
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About to trade the Bund, need advice.
Hi there,

I'm just about to start trading the Bund outright. As such I would be grateful to anyone who has any ideas as to what technical indicators work best in this market, What time lengths for moving averages etc seem to work. Any new insights would be great guys. Having already traded Euribor and the Dax, I have some idea of what should work - however any advice would be welcome.

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Old May 26, 2004, 3:22am   #2
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Would keep eye on Dax, Bobl, Schatz, Eurodollar, US 30-year and EURUSD.
People I know trading outright Bund watch Dax closely.
I think it is a recipe for insanity.
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Old May 26, 2004, 3:00pm   #3
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vantage77 started this thread Cheers for the reply twalker,
I agree with what you said, including the "insanity" part where the Dax is concerned. But do you know anything about which technicals work with the bund more than others, like oscillators or something?

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Old May 26, 2004, 5:26pm   #4
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10 yr t-bond is good indicator - watching bobl and schatz too. Eurostoxx can help too along with EURUSD together with USDJPY. What timescale are you working on? I'm talking short-term intra-day.
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Old May 26, 2004, 5:33pm   #5
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vantage77 started this thread Hi Sahil,
I'm on the same time horizon as you - intra-daily. I also look at everything you mentioned except the USDJPY. I look at daily, 30 min and 5 min charts. Do you use moving averages, MACD or any other indicator? With the 10 T-bond I find the bund tends to follow it in the afternoon, and in the morning its the other way round.
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Old May 26, 2004, 5:51pm   #6
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I'm a spread trader - did the odd scalps in bund, but gave up sometime ago when market got too liquid. I like to get in and out of trades fast. Some serious size goes thru at prices. I currently trade bobl/bund spreads looking at moving averages, bollinger bands and recent 'historic' levels. Use 3 min charts for most stuff. Gilt is a good one to look at in morning, and 10yr in the afternoon. One of my mates looks at the cash quote/chart and swears by it. Might be good for u on outrights.
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vantage77 started this thread I'm going to try trading the Bobl tomorrow, and might even have a look at the spread matrix..As fof the cash quote and charts - I'll give them a go, cheers
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If u don't mind:

Are u trading these from home? Who r u trading thru and what is the brokerage like?
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