Market Making Eurodollars

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Old Nov 18, 2009, 12:46pm   #9
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P.S. You could also try posting this at www.propboards.com, new site for this sort of question.
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Old Nov 19, 2009, 2:02am   #10
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shameless plug!

trading dollars....get cheap fees and scratch alot, oh, dont trade numbers.

youll be fine....
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Old Nov 19, 2009, 1:04pm   #11
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I traded Eurodollar spreads for about 6months. they can have vicious moves followed by days with tight ranges. Be careful not to get ironed out by these shifts!

I think the fly levels held fairly well towards the back of the curve (mar11 jun11 onwards)

I would often give back days worth of profits in one foul swoop.

Good luck!
Did you market make them or trade them directionally? Did you keep a portfolio of the spreads or close out your positions daily? Why did you stop trading them?
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Old Nov 19, 2009, 1:04pm   #12
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which spreads? whites, reds, greens etc how close ? ie 1 tick, 2 tick, size?

Like sep0 until mar3.

what do u mean 1tick 2tick? I trade around 20 lots now.
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Old Nov 19, 2009, 1:08pm   #13
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P.S. You could also try posting this at www.propboards.com, new site for this sort of question.
The site looks good, is it yours?
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Old Nov 20, 2009, 2:28am   #14
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nope, run by t2w
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