Technically you can get it directly from the CME, but their charting needs improvement. What contract is that? I saw February has all the volume now, although it still isn't much.

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

Yep, I was surprised to read how varied Renaissance’s strategies have been. I read one guy was getting ahold of the New York Times early and trading based on that which has nothing to do with quantitative trading. lol

Successful traders are very, very rare to find

That's a very honorable objective to pursue. I'm with you in that having a sizable account for the kid(s) is the primary goal. There's really not much I want that I don't already have, although a second house might be nice. ...

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Interesting you should mention Renaissance because I just finished The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution. It sounded to me like Renaissance isn't actually into HFT; apparently they're doing more statistical ...

Successful traders are very, very rare to find

I think the consensus is there's no way he'll be impeached by the Senate. The market sure isn't pricing that in... If that did happen I agree USD would stregnthen as a classic flight to safety trade, but impeachment probably raises the odds for ...

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Gold volatility hit a cyclical low earlier this year and exploded up in May once this rally commenced. I just checked to see how gold volatility was doing and it has almost fully retraced! image I previously thought the gold volatility rally ...

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

Thank you! I've been in indexes. I'm open to individual stocks, but I view them as riskier since so many things can go wrong with one stock whereas I have to be wrong about the economy to lose on the index. Your 191.7% return blows mine away. I've ...

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If it's related to industrial demand at all, then no recession... I'm curious if it does have some predictive value, like old Dr. Copper.

Palladium trading

Thanks Detector. I'm doing well other than the fact I sold some holdings back in October when the S&P was 180pts lower. Percentage wise it's not a lot, but monetarily speaking it hurts some to miss out on that upside. Either way, I can't complain ...

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I'm liking ideas 1 and 2, but I think they might take longer to play out than your chart suggests. We're probably in for a few weeks of sideways action due to the holidays and then I agree with the upside breakout.

XAU/USD & XAG/USD - Gold & Silver Traders Thread

EventsTrader is spot on. We're in for a slow couple weeks unless there's some surprise news.

WTI Crude Oil Trading

Its amazing how this just keeps running. The easiest trade out there has simply been buy and hold Palladium.

Palladium trading

As a rule that's generally true! I actually haven't read Mandelbrot's book, but it's on my reading list.

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Got any positions detector? What a run-up in equities, Santa sure delivered this year! LOL

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One interest of mine has been volatility indexes like GVZ. Used correctly, I think studying volatility is useful and can offer some predictive value. I routinely use the VIX index to enter into trades so I'm going to see what I can uncover using ...

Metals (data) Mining

Yep, definitely a big day between the election and the trade deal. I also thought the bad miss on employment claims was noteworthy too, not a good sign for the labor market.

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Someone made a good point about the US-China trade negotiations earlier today... If we get a deal, there's a good chance it'll be announced during US market hours. If we're not going to get a deal, the announcement will probably come after the ...

Private Island Traders

Yep, that's the downside to futures. Futures are better all around except for the fact your position size is way bigger so you can't really trade them with a small account. Heck, even with a big account you're going to want to be sure you know what ...

WTI Crude Oil Trading

We've seen some better than expected economic data lately, namely NFP, but I'm still unconvinced of the rebound narrative playing out in the markets. My primary concern is still labor, next week we'll get JOLTS and I'll be watching it closely. JOLTS ...

Macro Talk

Great write-up, thanks ET! It looks like tomorrow's FOMC meeting should be the least eventful in recent history. Credit Suisse came out today talking about a possible QE4 to help with the short-term lending problems so I wouldn't rule out a policy ...

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