PERFECT illustration!! just as every strategy can be improved with tighter spreads, so too can every strategy be improved by not using a hedge. i dont have to be "all knowing" to figure that out! i really hate when i see misinformation being spread ...

whats with this "hedging" thing??

hey sorry guys i missed this thread when paroozing the forum yesterday... ok let me clarify.... executed orders = order that were filled = "the tape" = "time and sales" pending orders = order that are resting = "the book" = "market depth" "the tape" ...

"Bank Flow" Trading - Resources?

thats the one! my favorite show BY FAR! financial or not! real traders (other than dillan) discussing real trading ideas, gotta love it! heres to hoping the TR becomes the online version

OOOPS! Jim Kramer got this one wrong

yup, been a fan since she broker her leg for The Donald!

OOOPS! Jim Kramer got this one wrong

this market is NUTS!!! boy am i glad im not wrapped up in this crap! how we can possibly have a sustained rally after this mess is beyond me. everything is saying "lower" to my ears, especially the technicals! we might get some rallies in between, ...

Wall Street close watch

good guess! LOL we already ironed out why hedging is flawed, AT THE ROOT. no matter how you use it, your strategy could be improved by not using it. take the time to read this thread, we illustrated perfectly the logic of why there is no possible ...

whats with this "hedging" thing??

yeah for sure...the first thing you have to learn when trading the level2 info (in any market) is that the executed orders are much more important than the resting orders. 90% of these resting orders come from gamers and automated systems.

"Bank Flow" Trading - Resources?

yeah i can see the point here...its a show for retail traders who wouldnt even care about liquidity. well whatever the call was, i still have a lot of respect for mr. cramer. he seems like an honest and straightforward guy, with good intentions, and ...

OOOPS! Jim Kramer got this one wrong

oh well in that case, you are a genius! (i always say that to people when they agree with me )

whats with this "hedging" thing??

well fti, you were my only hope thanks for responding though!

"Bank Flow" Trading - Resources?

i see 4 pips of spread (with another 2 pips needed to exit the trade completely) with no change in equity. where are you getting these 50 pips from?? - you went long - you went short (hedging the long) - you went short (to close the long) ...

whats with this "hedging" thing??

it didnt sound like he was talking about the stock...the way i heard it, he was saying not to "pull money" out of their banking side, which isnt all that bad advice since the fed rescued the depositors. and wasnt cramer the one screaming at bernanke ...

OOOPS! Jim Kramer got this one wrong

wow this situation with bear stearns is unbelievalbe. and sad too i have always looked up to bear and loved the way they conducted their business. you have to understand what stuffy jerks these wallstreet firms can be to understand why bear was so ...

Wall Street close watch

btw Dopey, there is a third fee that hardly gets any airplay, and that is fund expenses. any expenses the fund incurrs that are directly related to trading (such as news feeds, chart platforms, data, computers, etc) are spread amoung the investors ...

Managing Money - Fee structure and mechanics

generally the "2" part is taken quarterly, and the "20" is taken at the end of the year. but its really up to the fund on how they want to do it. the bad news is that "partnership accounting" (which is what this is) can get kind of complicated. i ...

Managing Money - Fee structure and mechanics

amen! but as unfair as it is, i think its neccesary and in americas best interest. just one of those things

IS the US in Recession and whos fault is that?

i thought that was the standard definition who doesn "accept" it? what do they accept?? btw...pretty much everyone is talking about the US reccession now. but do you remember who brought it up first?? thats right, it was greenspan, the guy ...

IS the US in Recession and whos fault is that?

well good luck man. personally that NN stuff has always scared me (and im a programmer!). that is when you get into the big-boy leagues, competing against all these PHDs that the hedgefunds have hired. but dont let that worry you, the "little guy" ...

Predicting The News

brilliantly said my friend! i like the way you tie together the macro and micro. a lot of traders brush off ecnomomic principles, but these principles really do drive markets. when people get wrapped up in the detailed terms of a loan, for instance, ...

subprime - it takes a cartoon to understand this stuff...

id have to agree with you there. i dont consider fukui's comment "lipservice" because he actually has a point about oil. a weak yen and high commodity prices certainly has the potential to strangle the japanese economy.

Is Japan headed towards recession?