Recent content by rjoyce

Hi all, I have been trading the ES/YM for about 3 yrs now. Mostly sim trading, I have traded real money sometimes but always ending with a big draw down which shatters my nerve. I am trading real again now and looking forward to making money this time. Good luck and good trading to all of you.

Thanks Rody I appreciate you explaining that and so this type of 'arbitrage' is available on all os these stand alone bets like you say spiders, and options, and proshares etc. Thanks for taking the time to give me an answer.:idea::idea:

Rhody, I appreciate what you are saying about arbitrage, but how does it work. Let's say for example the mini Dow is trading 30 points difference from the Dow, intraday. How does an arbitragueur make money or 'lock-in' mispricing for a guaranteed profit. Thanks Robert

As I understand the mini's are only guaranteed to be equal to the index they follow on expiration date. So the osillation between a mini and the index it follows must be the difference in 'sentiment' of those who trade the mini much in the same way as the OEX has an 'oscillating' relationship...

try yahoo financial, they have a nifty free chart system that you can isolate a time frame and then enlarge it. Check it out.

oh yeah, here is another question. I trade the Mini Dow and as we all know these two are only guaranteed to be equal at expiration date. So they are always some distance apart, sometimes the mini is below and above, the difference usually is about 10 to 15 pts, but lately is more like 25 to...

Hi, I'm a new member and just wanted to say a little about myself. Have been trading about 2 yrs now mostly paper trading, then progressed to a practice platform that was identical to my real platform. I trade the mini's, mainly the dow at the moment. I've read John Murphy and followed Mohan...