30 posts tagged Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Further evidence that the euro might have peaked against the dollar arrived over the weekend as figures from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange showed that speculative investors were net sellers of the single currency for the second week running Original post by Ravi and software by e3wii.com Copyright © 2008 New Investment.

chicago mercantile exchange main painting completed (3′x4′ acrylic on canvas), still have some sibling smaller canvases to finish to complete the ensemble. fun fact about this one… i used dental floss on the ticker big boards to line up the perspective lines.

I’ve always been passionate about stocks, commodities, currencies, and trading the financial markets as a whole. One of my aspirations is to become a floor trader. What’s a floor trader you ask? Well, have a look at this video first: (Soybean trading at the Chicago Board of Trade) These folks

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, today announced April 2008 volume averaged 10.2 million contracts per day, up 30 percent from April 2007. Total volume exceeded 224 million contracts for the month, of which 81 percent was traded electronically.

well actually, its not THAT serious, just put me to sleep for a handful of hours… long few days. finished the main piece of the CME (chicago mercantile exchange) painting last week, should have the results (pics of the painting in its new home) tomorrow and will post them… in the meantime… “glow

CME Group, the world's largest and most diverse derivatives exchange, announced that the Chicago Board of Trade, its subsidiary, has submitted a petition to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today for approval to clear corn basis swaps and calendar swaps for corn, wheat and soybeans.

CME Group Inc. (NYSE: CME)(NASDAQ: CME) today reported total revenues increased 88 percent to $625 million and net income increased 118 percent to $284 million for first-quarter 2008 compared with first-quarter 2007.

This is a video that I found on YouTube as to why most traders fail to succeed in trading stocks and commodities. The person in the video is a floor trader based in Chicago. I have to say, I couldn’t agree more with him. One of the cardinal sins for a trader is to average down. A really big mistake indeed.

Pounding Keys, Not Gavels, to Sell India’s Tea Posted by barunroy on April 27, 2008 A processing room at the Goomtee tea estate in Darjeeling, India. By JEREMY KAHN GUWAHATI, India — Traders crowd around wooden desks in a huge dusty auditorium, poring over thick catalogs describing chests of tea.

Move from Solaris to RHEL Boosts Performance for the Chicago Mer... Linux Today Sat, 04/19/2008 - 16:00 SearchEnterpriseLinux: "At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the traders betting on future commodity price fluctuations aren't the only ones who know what it means to take a risk..."