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US Bonds roll as soon as first notice day occurs as it is an american style expiration, and you could be called upon to deliver if holding a position past first notice day. In European bunds we roll in the day or 2 before expiration (Bund, Bobl and Schatz expire on Monday). Whilst the equities...

Bernanke and Paulson were talking they followed the US bonds which also ramped up.

Don't mean to be rude, however if you don't know anything about the underlying instrument then why are you even considering trading it. All the information you could possibly need is on the eurex website...www.eurexchange.com There is a basket of bonds which are acceptable and various...

Yep that is where i trade from!! Moved from London to a very small town in Ontario. Some days trade Europe some days US. Summers are amazing and winters there is plenty to do, cost of living is pretty good too, CAD$ is almost 2-1 against £ but if it costs a quid in UK then CAD$1 here...

Batesy, who now does the squawk from Sigma, he used to **** people off by shoving his finger up his ****, waiting for them to drop there guard, then he would rub his finger under there nose. Didn't matter how much washing you did that smell was terrible.

The worst i ever saw was the March IFO number, i lost 40,000 euros due to slowdowns. Just couldn't hit anything. Took in excess of 40 seconds for my orders to hit the market, but by the then the market had moved massively.

the amount of slowdowns this year has been ridiculous, plus during the summer, the exchange must have gone down on 4 or 5 seperate days.

Longer hours... f@cked everyone over with regard to the flipper. Fine of 1000 euro's if you clip your own order, but it is alright for others to flip 5000 without it trading. How's that for a start?

ain't that the truth... :lol:

Elocal clear STA,(then MAN) and there is an STA suboffice within them. I am there and know that the rates are about standard. Limits in my place are great, so is info. We have a very good office manager, who really fights our corner. Turtle definately clear Fortis, rates about the same as...

Yes he is still trading, Brent crude only these days i believe. He is part of the group of traders i am in, although he is in another office. The bird on the roof with her boyfriend, wasn't she from Cargill's, massive round of applause when she came back on the floor. Brilliant days, just...

I actually live in Brentwood, 5 minutes drive from Shenfield, but don't trade with them. There is a lot of competition in the area. Triniti, Turtle Futures, Chelmsford Trading Bureau, Elocal and a suboffice of STA within them (that is where i trade). The market is so saturated, even when...

Hi, i have discovered a new Poker site that is actually in 3D. Great fun in our office when the markets are quiet, which coming into xmas there is going to be plenty of. For those in the UK, you will know Helen Chamberlain, the Soccer AM bird. Well, there is a full tutorial with her...

The Decemeber thing with Bobl was in a very thin market between xmas and new year. Phily Fed ( i think it was) came out at 5pm London time, it was a very good number. No size in the market a lot of shops closed for holidays and basically stops went off. It recovered almost immediately.

It was the bunds not the bobl. Market had been strangly bid all morning, then suddenly dropped 30 ticks in seconds. Not nice.......