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    Tader offshore MM from China

    Hi neotian, I trade from home as an independant. I focus mostly on Short Sterling and trade the outrights intra day, with any longer term risk held in spreads and flys. Bund, Bobl, Schatz is a simalr story. I trade it as a fly, or just take an outright directional view intra day based on...
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    Tader offshore MM from China

    I'm trading Short Sterling, with some Bund, Bobl, and schatz on the side. I'm situated in New Zealand.
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    Arcades in Cape Town

    Hi there, The Cape Town trading arcade has been operational for a few years now and growing solidly. I believe it's the only arcade in South Africa with direct access to all the major European exchanges. Check out the link below for contact details etc. There can't be too many nicer places in...
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    Anyone heard of Sigma Derivatives?

    What that means is that Sigma have the worst risk management in the business and hence they are currently in a mess. They did their nuts in Aug last year, and since then have been shafting traders and employees left right and centre. Don't go near them. And this comes from personal experience...
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    Best Thread STIR's from Scratch

    I've been trading STIRS for 5 years, I am currently just trading outrights, as the spreads and flys etc are just as mad and volitile. I'm in Sterling by the way....what fun!! The way I trade it has changed so much over the last year, but you have to adapt. It used to be flys and condors with a...
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    Are YOU a STIR trader?

    I've been trading STIRS for 5 years, and most of that time has been in the Sterling. I'm still trading it but far out, it's a nightmare! This morning was a whole new level of complete dissorderly trading with next to zero volume. I'm trading a 10th of my normail size and am ****ting myself with...
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    Arcades in Cape Town

    I have heard from reliable sources that Sigma are opening with a crew of experienced traders, as apposed to Met Traders who hired mostly graduates and tried to train them, with obviously limited success. Cape Town is a stunning place and I can see why successful traders would want to move there...
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    Arcades in Cape Town

    It's not a rumour, it completly true. Sigma should be operating any day now.
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