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seems like the dow, ym, and es, all had a huge spike, all at the same time, within 5minute of close. have to wonder about coincidence versus coordination and the amount of money involved. painting the tape green for the day, does anyone know if there is any banker bailout money still missing...

your link states: "Other Markets Initially, the day trading restrictions appear to prevent day trading completely, but the restrictions only apply to US stock markets. The US futures and currency markets can be day traded without any restrictions or minimum deposits (except the exchange margin...

LOL, on an unrelated note, this question reminds me of a professor that began the class with the question, 'Has anyone here ever stolen electricity'? I don't recall anyone confessing. Or for that matter what his intent was, maybe he was looking for creative ways to lower his utility bills?

Another interesting take: THE MADOFF DOUBLE-BLUFF by Rafeeq .... snip But why? Why would Madoff confess to fraud, when he’d really been running a legit (although ultimately unviable) hedge fund? Is he on a Jesus trip, perhaps? Is Bernie Madoff atoning for the sins of Wall Street? Rafeeq...

oanda has a bunch of 4 quadrant graphs, that are in the research lab section, called "open positions" or similar. Unfortunately, I have never been able to interpret the meaning of the graphs.

thanks for the reply, fantastic

thanks for the info arabianights

down volume, and up OI, lets say, first day 100 contracts trade, all 100 are cross trades, one side of the contract is new position, other side is old postion, so change in OI is zero. next day volume is 50 contracts trade, volume is DOWN, but both sides are new long and new short so OI is UP...

I have the same question. I guess it is only provided the next day, so if that is the case, not available to a daytrader/scalper.

My understanding of it is based on 4 possible cases for the trade to take place: a new long and a new short, +1 added to open interest an old long and a new short , 0 added to OI an old short and a new long, 0 added to OI an old long and an old short, -1 added to OI How do I access OI from the...

For example, lets say you bid a 1 lot and get filled, at a price 10, and the market soon moves up, and you plan to exit at 15(arbitrary). Lets say I just got filled, and price still at 10, if I offer a 1 lot at 15, and the price moves to 15, will I exit my original long position, OR will I have...

Hello, would like to thank all those that have shared good information on trading. I have been doing demo trading and looking to improve my trading skills. best wishes to all