USDX is the industry standard method of measuring the performance of the dollar against a basket of currencies, the value of which is calculated as follows: USDX = 50.14348112 × EUR/USD^(-0.576) × USD/JPY^(0.136) × GBP/USD^(-0.119) × USD/CAD^(0.091) ...

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Now that's not very sporting of you, old boy!

GU, GJ and EU Analysis Thread

Quantts — Much happening today, Michael? Not a great deal from my side. I'll be keeping positions small until Thursday London session. Speak later, Paul

Quantitative Trading

We could well see more choppy trading until the FOMC statement, with lots of money staying on the sidelines until there is some clarity to the course of future policy.

Quantitative Trading

How will you approach the FOMC statement release next week, as this undoubtedly throws up huge event risk? Will you steer clear until the dust settles and the market has digested the statement for clues, or answers, as to the levels of QE that will ...

Quantitative Trading

Your information is totally inaccurate, Adrian. Firstly, the quarterly contracts expire in March, June, September and December. Anyway, more information can be found on the following site: url

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Blue horseshoe loves cable :-) Money isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred from one perception to another..... Great stuff, 45Condor! The original is one of my favourite films - always gives me the hunger you mention in your post - although ...

GU, GJ and EU Analysis Thread

Great to see you, Q! I am more than happy to vouch for you as a person and also for your thread and new commercial venture. You are a true professional, Michael, someone who is totally transparent and honest in your approach to the markets. Anyone ...

Quantitative Trading

You need to keep up, my friend. The stop has been lowered to around the 1.52 handle, meaning a "potential" $80k being redistributed in the market.

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

I'm sure you do have a slight bias, given your, currently underwater, $100 per pip long cable charity trade. p.s. I think your altruistic nature is fantastic and should serve as an example to others on this thread.

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

yeah yeah yeahs.... — video Good weekend all!

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

X-Press 2..... — video Only one that I could think of..... Good luck fellow gamblers!

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

Amy Winehouse — Good morning music fans and Spekitox Mazel tov, Amy.... video

What kind of music you hear while you trade?

Of course it works, when the savings are in a diversified portfolio: bonds, cash, property (where most retirees have the majority of their wealth accumulated) and shares.... This mix has easily outstripped inflation over the past 30 years in the UK.

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A lot of people enjoy their work and would rather carry on working than retire. Those that want to retire need to make their own savings provisions, rather than relying on the state. The economy in the UK, for example, is far less manually intensive ...

EURUSD

An interesting point.... But a 65 year old married couple still in work are likely to spend far more money on holidays, new cars, new kitchens and new plasma televisions than a couple of the same age collecting the state pension. This extra spending ...

EURUSD

In the UK, the pension system was put in place when life expectancy for men stood at 68 years. With the improvements in healthcare, a man in the UK is now expected to live for another 10 years. Therefore, it is only right, and fair for the younger ...

EURUSD

Of course not, but seeing as you chose to fully disclose the trade on a public forum, including the size of the position and the fact you're donating all profits (if any) to charities, it is reasonable to expect a degree of feedback/discussion with ...

Cable Update (GBPUSD)

Another track from The Verve and Herr van Dyk squeezed in for good measure... — Whatcha got for us today, Patience??? video And one from my relative yoof .... video

What kind of music you hear while you trade?