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  • #68,061
  • Mar 28, 2012 4:45am Mar 28, 2012 4:45am
Quoting chazzle
not bad you silver tongued bastard

trying to make a load of dough before summer so i don't have to go to work
Ahhhh-you!

If anyone's going to...its you! Scalpel? Check! Plus...you gotts the food skills...keeps a brain sharp and alert!

Go for it, Chaz!
  • #68,062
  • Mar 28, 2012 4:46am Mar 28, 2012 4:46am
Quoting PayTheLimit
I believe its shaddy, sure, but so is every other broker, at least in some capacity...the best execution I have ever had was when I was still a CME member, directly into the Globex system, or when my firm had direct access to the intrabank market, I used to use deal with banks directly, not all but a few, but it was 10 lots min...I would have to say the best market remains the futures market, cause it does give you the ability to get filled on the bid, or offer from time to time, but if your looking for larger swings, it doesnt matter as...
Definitely...
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  • #68,063
  • Mar 28, 2012 4:51am Mar 28, 2012 4:51am
Quoting FXMastermind
took 20...
damn, looks like I am in good sync with markets today
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  • #68,064
  • Mar 28, 2012 4:53am Mar 28, 2012 4:53am
i like calling the broker directly and saying "id like to go long .01 lots of the eu please"

they usually sigh and do it

then before i hang up say... "better not run my stops u rat bastard"

they always love when u call to complain about pennies lol
  • #68,065
  • Mar 28, 2012 4:57am Mar 28, 2012 4:57am
Quoting fxjawn
i like calling the broker directly and saying "id like to go long .01 lots of the eu please"

they usually sigh and do it

then before i hang up say... "better not run my stops u rat bastard"

they always love when u call to complain about pennies lol


Dunno, I always considered US staff in like most areas to be more polite (not including bloody TSA though, of course...) than in Europe...

That said, my broker was always ridiculously polite (like if I were a royalty or such) even when I started trading and traded only small positions, and of course they are even more when I trade slightly different volume

I had only one problem with them during last year and that was all sorted within ONE day and I even received a written letter (!) (old school fellas, ey?) with apology...Kinda cool.
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  • #68,066
  • Mar 28, 2012 4:58am Mar 28, 2012 4:58am
Quoting PayTheLimit
I believe its shaddy, sure, but so is every other broker, at least in some capacity...the best execution I have ever had was when I was still a CME member, directly into the Globex system, or when my firm had direct access to the intrabank market, I used to use deal with banks directly, not all but a few, but it was 10 lots min...I would have to say the best market remains the futures market, cause it does give you the ability to get filled on the bid, or offer from time to time, but if your looking for larger swings, it doesnt matter as much..
so does small retail ever even hit this interbank? i was under the impression they sell it off in block to the interbank once they meet the mins etc..
  • #68,067
  • Mar 28, 2012 4:59am Mar 28, 2012 4:59am
Quoting fxjawn
i like calling the broker directly and saying "id like to go long .01 lots of the eu please"

they usually sigh and do it

then before i hang up say... "better not run my stops u rat bastard"

they always love when u call to complain about pennies lol
lol..I never minded the small orders when I worked the desk, as long as they where market orders, but I would get furious with the one lots that where like a million miles away from the market...like a guy calls, right on the open, and we are at 3350, and says, I'd like to buy a one lot, at 3150...many times, if I where busy, I would just hang up on the guy...
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  • #68,068
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:01am Mar 28, 2012 5:01am
Quoting fxjawn
so does small retail ever even hit this interbank? i was under the impression they sell it off in block to the interbank once they meet the mins etc..
well this wasnt retail, just lots of firms on the floor had access to banks to trade outside of CME hours...
Look Sharp/Trade Tight
  • #68,069
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:02am Mar 28, 2012 5:02am
Quoting fxjawn
so does small retail ever even hit this interbank? i was under the impression they sell it off in block to the interbank once they meet the mins etc..
Not sure what you mean with small retail, but with even smaller capital, you can open an account with Prime Tier broker and trade via EBS platform (or Currenex) and thatīs again a slightly different story - very small spreads and comissions, immediate (I mean immediate) execution etc. etc.

And PTL, correct me, if I am wrong, but these guys deal directly with interbank market, donīt they?
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  • #68,070
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:02am Mar 28, 2012 5:02am
Quoting FXMastermind


Dunno, I always considered US staff in like most areas to be more polite (not including bloody TSA though, of course...) than in Europe...

That said, my broker was always ridiculously polite (like if I were a royalty or such) even when I started trading and traded only small positions, and of course they are even more when I trade slightly different volume

I had only one problem with them during last year and that was all sorted within ONE day and I even received a written letter (!) (old school fellas, ey?) with apology...Kinda...
lol awesome... i would only say it jokingly with them..

most size i ever traded was a few standards thats about it...had a small managed account for a bit...

stuck to minis after that...

just trying to trade and live off and build a smaller account is insane lol

plus having a devil woman suck all the money and life out of you sucks too lol
  • #68,071
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:03am Mar 28, 2012 5:03am
short 3340, risk 3370, play for....
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  • #68,072
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:05am Mar 28, 2012 5:05am
Quoting PayTheLimit
short 3340, risk 3370, play for....
the fuck?

thought u were short higher....
  • #68,073
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:06am Mar 28, 2012 5:06am
Quoting fxjawn
lol awesome... i would only say it jokingly with them..
most size i ever traded was a few standards thats about it...had a small managed account for a bit...

stuck to minis after that...

just trying to trade and live off and build a smaller account is insane lol

plus having a devil woman suck all the money and life out of you sucks too lol
Broker is your bitch and you have to treat him like that. Those guys make insane amounts of money from you so they better never ever forget it - and if they do, I would be the first to remind them.
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  • #68,074
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:09am Mar 28, 2012 5:09am
Quoting FXMastermind
Hedging my hedge. S cable 5944
SL @ BE+1 and you better not feck me this time...

EDIT: lunchtime.
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  • #68,075
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:09am Mar 28, 2012 5:09am
Quoting PayTheLimit
short 3340, risk 3370, play for....
3270
  • #68,076
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:11am Mar 28, 2012 5:11am
Quoting FXMastermind

And PTL, correct me, if I am wrong, but these guys deal directly with interbank market, donīt they?
I am not that familiar with how it works today, especially the spot side, I'm a futures guy...but in the old days, even today, on Globex lets say, when you are hitting the bid or offer, lots of times, the other side of the trade is a bank, so its essentially the real market, if there is such a thing..I suspect lots of these higher end platforms are linked right into the intrabank market, but to to a point, I mean sometimes, if you put a large enough order in, they might look elsewhere for additional liquidity..but thats how this market works, its frangmented, so by default, you have a wide varriety of markets, within the market itself at times..
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  • #68,077
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:11am Mar 28, 2012 5:11am
Quoting FXMastermind
Broker is your bitch and you have to treat him like that. Those guys make insane amounts of money from you so they better never ever forget it - and if they do, I would be the first to remind them.
lol i know totally.... like i said rat bastards...

insane amounts of income

id love to take one of those fuckers down single handedly lol
  • #68,078
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:11am Mar 28, 2012 5:11am
Quoting fxjawn
the fuck?

thought u were short higher....
nope..
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  • #68,079
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:12am Mar 28, 2012 5:12am
Quoting fxjawn
lol i know totally.... like i said rat bastards...

insane amounts of income

id love to take one of those fuckers down single handedly lol
I am just glad to say that they must really hate me if they are taking the opposite side of my trades
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  • #68,080
  • Mar 28, 2012 5:13am Mar 28, 2012 5:13am
Quoting FXMastermind
I am just glad to say that they must really hate me if they are taking the opposite side of my trades
good fucin suckers
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