read the post i made right before yours. your scenario is equivalent to trading the EURCHF. im waiting on daytrading to see if he can enlighten me though...

hedging one currency pair with another

i dont know man...speaking strictly by the fundamentals, i can definitely see the case for no new lows. i mean the sentiment on the US economy is pretty damn bad right now, and thats when bottoms are put in. the housing market still has some havoc ...

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drugs and trading dont mix you dirty bear LOLOL

Wall Street close watch

self-employed is good, yeah. but working for a company, or being a partner in a company is much less stressful if you ask me. my earnings-to-effort ratio skyrocketed once i stopped trying to strike it out on my own.

Advice needed, bright future at stake

impressive rally at the close today, but the charts still look like they are going to have a meltdown any day now LOL.

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yes i agree. very interesting tidbit there about yoru colleague. this is what i thought you were talking about in your previous post, "triangulation" or whatever they call it. sorry i should have read that closer. aha i see what you are saying now. ...

hedging one currency pair with another

yeah i have, but i have no pull anymore. i spent all of my political capital on the TR LOLOL

hedging one currency pair with another

i cant say i know exactly what we are going for, but sure, im with ya! LOL

hedging one currency pair with another

quants, techies...you know, those guys with the computers and stuff! i thought they hired out of the masters but i could be wrong. you didnt see any offered?

Advice needed, bright future at stake

wouldnt this be considered arbitrage?? LOL

hedging one currency pair with another

the word "hedge" is a misnomer and as we have seen can be a source of confusion. for instance, when a broker takes an opposing market position to remove the risk of trader positions, i call this "offsetting" the position. in my vocab, the difference ...

hedging one currency pair with another

have you read greenspans book yet? unbeknownst to me, he was a good friends with ayn rand and he talks a lot about their relationship in the book. i personally think it was more than just friends, but i wont turn this thread into a gossip mag on you ...

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

yeah right!! we know who you are! LOLOL seriously though i too have been impressed with oandas tools. many times i have wished that the FF development team had access to the same data! the forex market has the least data available than almost any ...

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most of my experience with hedging is in the options markets. with complex instruments like options there are a world of possibilities in how to structure your "market opinion". for instance, if i think a certain company is headed down the toilet, ...

hedging one currency pair with another

it sounds like you are talking about the real kind of hedging. im not sure its a good idea to mix up discussions on real hedging and the "hedge feature" on the broker platforms...if you open a new thread on the subject i would be happy to join in, ...

whats with this "hedging" thing??

oh my we are having way too much fun lately

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amen and hallelujah!

whats with this "hedging" thing??

this is the best post in this thread fti! your institutional experience shines through with such high level observations. i explained many times in this thread that hedge orders should not be treated differently from any other order, and you nailed ...

whats with this "hedging" thing??

if that aint breaking it down to the simplest form, i dont know what is where did you learn your economics? we must have had the same teacher because on most of your posts i find myself saying "amen!".

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

i knew you would appriciate that one cesar

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