Recent content by mcurto

Yes, maybe look at using Rosenthal Collins, Man Financial, RJ Obrien to do orders like these. All of the above support some retail customers and have floor operations that can easily execute these orders no matter how small.

I'm just saying that guys classified as locals and undercapitalized vs. the banks will have trouble pushing markets these days in the long run. On any given day they may win but over time tough to beat out a major desk that has several hundred million behind them vs. a HUGE local that may risk...

If anybody is interested in receiving options players from the Treasury pits let me know can put you on a forward list. These are incredible insights into the larger intraday moves (where locals often get screwed) or moves on economic reports. Definitely a little less helpful for scalpers though.

Sorry to be long-winded but some more opinions. Would stay away from the CBOT products just because they are basically taking the edge for futures locals to zero. Even the options markets are going to half and quarter ticks. Chicago locals like wide and volatile markets, we have one right now...

I haven't watched these markets in a long time but most of my experience was with the US 10yr. I was down on the floor quoting the activity in the 10yr futures and options pits so will throw in a bit of 2 cents in here. First, with the short end of the US curve there were very few locals...