Amsterdamtrader.com Website Review

405 posts, I’m calling it a day. It was a hell of a ride, but I’m getting out on the high. Reporting on the earnings of trading outfits, football tournaments, DeGiro and other returning events – it is time to move on. Better to put an official end to the website, than slowing fading away. The website will remain online, though. Writing anonymous for eight years was a challenge. Yet, it was the only way to make it work. Must have been annoying for some people. Staying anonymous was time consuming as well. Not telling anyone is the easy part. But things get complicated when my own network is overlapping with Jack’s friends. Maintaining a virtual identity is truly a memory game. unable to deal with a new contender. Things have changed. TOM, aka the Order Machine, is in vulnerable position. It is up for sale the exchange announced a client rebate scheme. Euronext will rebate all exchange trading fees above a certain monthly threshold. For this discount. The threshold for index options is lowered from the current 115k to 100k contracts. The e-minis are the most popular equity futures in the world. It trades virtually round the clock on CME’s Globex. This is a big deal. For investors there is the home market, and there’s the USA. The introduction of e-mini’s carry more marketing value than prime-time TV commercials. Introduced are e-mini S&P (ES) and Nasdaq 100 (NQ) futures and options. The fees are $0.50 per contract plus the fees for the exchange CME. The CME doesn’t come cheap for non members. It charges $1.17 for DeGiro charges €5 each month you carry any position on the CME. Delayed prices – when you want free realtime prices your best bet is a multinational company in Belgium. It’s mainly active in imaging technology for hospitals (wiki Mergers and acquisitions are business as usual. With option positions, some traders lose and others win. While take-over bids are often accompanied with a smell of inside trading, it’s hard to come up with evidence.