Happy Thanksgiving people! Enjoy the day with your family, eat some turkey, drink some beer, and watch some football!

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I was going to post a chart on this, but you beat me to it! This could be a set-it and forget-it trade...

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This is kind of annoying but somewhat entertaining: — I'll bet a few of you will enjoy this. I think the voices were done w/excel text-to-speech... video

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MUB — Not to change the subject, but this chart (among others) has been the talk of many a fixed income trader... image Just to recap - this is an ETF comprised 100% of municipal bonds. It's now trading at a 2.5% discount to it's underlying ...

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Chris -- Saw your blog post ( url ). One clarification I would add: I think Ben hasn't declared war on the US Public -- I think he has declared war on SAVERS. Those who hold cash are getting pummeled by his policies. Retirees living on fixed incomes ...

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Overall -- Well Said... A few points: 1) Well, he (Barney) has been elected for like 15-terms and this election was his closest EVER (he only won 55%-45 i believe). 2) Term limits are a great idea, but it would never pass the senate 3) I ...

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I think you belie your ignorance of what actually caused the financial crisis by making the above statements. Barney Frank while certainly not blameless with respect to financial regulation did not "cause" the housing crash. If you want villains, ...

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Oh come on guys -- that's easy: He represents a liberal district in a liberal state (not to mention in a liberal part of the country). Just because YOU don't agree with Barney Frank's politics doesn't mean there aren't plenty of liberals who think ...

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Well, if they used Oanda, they couldn't trade it because the system was shut down/unavailable from about 2:10-2:20pm. Double edged sword though -- hope you didn't have an open position you needed to close during that time! $600bn of new QE...whoo ...

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Nice trades chris! BTW, I meant to post this yesterday, but take a look at this article -- And surprise surprise, we find out who the Fed really works for: Bloomberg News: "Fed Asks Dealers to Estimate Size, Impact of Debt Purchases" url For once, ...

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JMO, but I think there's a better chance of God walking through my door than us getting $2 Trillion of QE. But I'm with you on the mkt being primed for disappointment. Seems like a classic buy the rumor / sell the fact set up. BTW, a great read from ...

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Could be - risk markets appear to be taking a breather, so naturally the AUD would get hurt as well. Lot of headlines on the way though -- GDP this Friday, mid-term elections on Tuesday, QE2 announcement likely Wednesday and then the jobs report ...

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It was a joke dude...

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My position on CADCHF got taken out by an ill-placed stop-loss but that trade is still running for those intelligent enough to have patience (and about 150 pips to the good)... Onto the next one.

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Cotton... — So let me get this straight... A $1 bill is made of 25% linen and 75% cotton. Cotton has gone limit-up today (thanks ben bernanke). So since the USD is 75% cotton, the USD should be up...right? image (not a trade here I don't ...

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CADCHF: — Anyone playing the daily (and soon to be weekly) pin on CADCHF? I have a small long position on currently: Weekly Chart with my thoughts: image Zoomed into the last 3-days: image Might take some time to develop but could be worth ...

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So it turns out you had nothing to worry about -- Oanda has the highest customer success rate: url Incidentally, I am guessing the reason for this is: 1) their razor thin spreads, 2) limited leverage (they were always 50-1 max), 3) availability of ...

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4xAddict -- Here's a zero-hedge article that I actually quite enjoyed. It's a long-read but well worth it. It also echoes many of the criticisms that Chris and others have discussed regarding electronic trading. More telling is the fact that many of ...

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This is exactly right... I think it is aided by the fact that Oanda pays interest. Even if minimal, this can assist a trader. Say you made one trade in a quarter and you closed it at breakeven (or even a minimial loss) and didn't take a trade for ...

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Low -- Excellent article. It reminds me of those surveys where 90% of drivers consider themselves to be above average... On a related note, I actually contacted Oanda about a week ago to try to get the stats on their client's "Success Rate", i.e. ...

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