Good Morning --- another day... Still looking to buy dips in the day trading account. Looking at levels, there will be spec day traders bids around 3050 today I'm sure, but that seems to close to price as Spanish bond yields climb back over 6% and ...

Euro/Dollar

Spike down in WTI has led EURUSD below 3100 again... Rumor of SPR Release or a fat finger trade...who knows... I actually want to see a healthy retrace as the chart is parabolic and needs time and room to consolidate before moving higher in a ...

Euro/Dollar

Infighting over European banking union may provide a chance for dip buyers early European session today. A healthy retrace before resumption of trend would be welcome. I expect intense dollar selling will make any retrace shallow and remain long in ...

Euro/Dollar

Speculators Fueled The EUR Rally, Turned Net Short On USD Speculative traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange did their part in fueling the recent central banks-induced EUR rally, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed on ...

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Eagan Jones Downgrades US from AA to AA-. I already decided to leave my longs on over the weekend in one account, will buy dips in another. I am sticking long looking for the 50% retrace of the 2011 - 2012 Fall as a target....1.3490.... this is the ...

Euro/Dollar

The perfect wave continues.... Egan Jones says my downgrade US sovereign rating in near future following today's FOMC announcement.

Euro/Dollar

The Euro sure has had a perfect wave to ride with bond yields falling, tail risk removed, and today The Bernanke declares he will print even more dollars. Buying dips the order of the day as we have cleared and will close above the 61.8% retrace of ...

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1.3000 Do Not Touch option taken out.

Euro/Dollar

So we did get the OPen Ended MBS buying. I dumped on the words as planned and got out +30 pips. Not exactly what I wanted, but a good bet laid.

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Trade Update before announcement. Lots of sellers right where I sold my first tranche has kept me from getting a fill just below 2950 option barrier before announcement. I will keep that order in place and may get a fill on the announcement. I also ...

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Sell the Fact Trade -- with a Home run possible: Good morning friends... its been a while since I last strolled these parts. I have been busy programming instead of posting. Hope you are all well and drowning in cash. I have just filled the 1st ...

Euro/Dollar

Glad to hear it. Tomorrow's NFP announcement will be more taxing on the quote server. In a press conference the information comes out piece by piece and not all in one shot like this most volatile of economic releases. Trade carefully if you must ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

I received the same email that this poster a couple pages back posted.... MB should have and probably intended to send it out to all. url

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Jason not only explained last week's lagging quotes/charts on this thread, MB also sent out an email with the explanation to every account holder. Today during the ECB presser, I experienced no lagging quotes/charts and my DeskTop PFL never froze.

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Buried in this thread somewhere are posts in which Justin explains the execution algorithm in great detail. Judging from some recent posts about trade execution, it would be a good time to repost that algorithm explanation. It should be made a ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

Thanks for the reply and explanation. I have been a very happy customer for years and really don't want to leave. Given the speed of the market I was quite shocked. I hope not to see another episode, outside of the rare, random, nothing is 100% ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

They are not a bucket shop, and they have no trades of their own to cover. The problem is that the quote board and therefor the charts are lagging 3 - 4 minutes. If you execute it will not be at the price you see on your chart or quote board.... it ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

I can understand in crazy market situations... but today was far from anything out of the ordinary. I too have been seriously considering another broker today. Algo traders can not tolerate today's price feed lag...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction

This wasn't all that fast a market -- much slower than NFP for example... 10AM EST hour MB reported 13,813 ticks.... that's not much at all... at times it can be 25,000 - 35,000 If this keeps up it might be time for a shame fest across the internet ...

MB Trading Futures - Introduction