Recent content by compaq

i don't agree with your post charlie. i trade from an arcade but i could just as easily trade from home on a VPN with a squawk feeded in. however, i choose to pay the monthly desk costs because for me the nominal amount that i pay pales in comparison to the money i make/save from working in a...

sorry for the late reply. hope you are still trading spreads. my understanding of the implieds (from trading both euribor and short sterling spreads) is the extra amount that the volume in the spread book places into the bid and offers in the outright markets contracts. for instance, consider...

Candlestick have delivered me a cheque for my trading funds today. The matter now appears to have been concluded.

That is correct scrum, Candlestick did/do have a 2 and 4 year 'agreement' (it is not actually titled as a contract). According to the clauses of the current agreement (unless they have changed them already) either party can terminate the agreement by giving 30 days notice. Therefore, as a...

Arb, I am letting my solicitor take care of the legal proceedings. It might not be best for me to mention the options he has presented on a public forum at this present point in time. However, when the matter is resolved I will be more than glad to share them with you. Jimmy, I have traded both...

I was originally self-financed and spread trading the Euribor. When I started trading Short-Sterling however, I did so on a semi-financed basis, as I was not permitted by the administration at CTC to be self-financed.

I am simply explaining my experiences, Dashing. I suspect that CTC will look at the agreements that their traders sign and remove the 30 day termination clause that is included. If there is another side to the story I too would like to hear it.

I wanted to make traders aware of my experiences with Candlestick Trading Company (CTC). Hopefully my experience can be of benefit to others. I recently left Candlestick as I was offered a much more competitive deal at another arcade. I had signed an agreement with Candlestick and one of the...