Trading Floor pictures

NexusFi · 2013-06-27T10:00:03-04:00

Hmm, %ages? I guess 20% are doing oil spreads, 40% rates so could be a mix of outrights and spreads depending on what's happening, 30% notes/bonds (2 through to 10 year mostly) usually directional with occasional spread perhaps, 10% pure outright in equities or bonds. Does that make 100%? Yup, that'll do it. So how do you like the training so far? The usual drill, stay in the market all day just scalping off the DOM, calculate the hedge ratios, or what? If you can't say thats cool. Are they're …

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Updated June 27, 2013

Trading Floor pictures

June 27th, 2013, 10:00 AM

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xiaosi

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Thanks XS, good info put in a way I could easily understand! Ta very much.

From what you said, I'm guessing you get your data etc by connection to your clearer AMP and use NinjaTrader as your front end? Execution and charting?

Heard good things about Ninja but never really seen it in action. All TT and CQG in places I've seen, with maybe a bit of EasyScreen, Stellar, Patsystems, ERTD or CQG Trader. Nearly everyone uses TT despite the high cost though.

Yeah, despite NTs claims, the platform is retail, all the Prop Shops I've read about use TT and CQG as well...

XS