Recent content by zftrader

Does anybody know what the all time record inversion is on consecutive month contracts? I would want to commit enough margin to withstand double the historical worst case scenario, coffee is a pretty wild thing to trade.

I was just looking at the Liffe robusta contract and was looking at the inverted futures curve, that is the near in contracts are worth more than the further out contracts. This means that it does not pay to store coffee. It would seem to me from what I know about grain markets that this is a...

Does anybody think that all the Brits buying euros to go the the world cup is effecting the the GBP/EUR rate?

Right now I am trading KOSPI options a just loving it. It is a lot of fun to trade liquid options in a fast moving market. I was looking at trading bund option as the volume is pretty good but I have a few questions. What I the bid/ask like most of the time. Is the volume spread out smoothly...

Well, here is my story. I trade ES, ZF and EUR futures. My strategy is buy options to limit risk and trade the underlying. Another way to put in is that I am a long gamma trader who uses the underlying to adjust delta to the desired level. I could be described as a trend fader. I also have...

I thought that Londoner's could use some support right now. Here is Noel Cowards song London Pride. My condolences to all who suffered losses. London Pride has been handed down to us. London Pride is a flower that's free. London Pride means our own dear town to us, And our pride it for ever...

I am an experienced Canadian trader with expertise in financial futures and options trading as well as nasdaq level 2 style trading. If I get an overseas work permit for the UK would I be allowed to work at a trading arcade? Are arcades always hiring- would anybody hire me?

Sorry for my North American ignorance but what does "CS" stand for? Just a thought on the London/New York spread, it would seen to that if people in rural Ontario have started to drink coffee made from arabica bean instead of robusta then there has been a long tern shift in demand that could...

Is anybody trading LIFFFE coffee with interactivebrokers? Any comments or complaints would be appreciated. Also with LIFFE if I have a limit order for one contract can the players is the "upstairs market" preference around me? What are the bid ask spreads like in the LIFFE coffee markets, one...

Have you ever done any analysis of ZF (US five year government bond future)? I really liked trading it over Christmas when it had a nicely defined range. Would your methods give any clues that it was about to breakout? Thanks

I am pretty sure IB charges commisions on UK equity options (1.70 pounds). Check out this link; http://www.interactivebrokers.com/php/generalAccount/commissionStockIndexOptions.php?ib_entity=IB-CA

I would start out by trading the schatz and hedging you position with one or may two option against it. It doesn't move very much in comparison to the bubl and the bund making the options cheap. You will also have more time to learn about the markets before you go broke!(or a least it will keep...