Forex Help Forum Archive for 12/22/2005

houston st 20:38 GMT December 22, 2005
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DJ US Markets' Schedule For Christmas Holiday

Friday, Dec. 23:

The Bond Market Association has recommended a 2 p.m. EST (1900 GMT) close for the U.S. government securities market. The recommendation also includes trading in mortgage securities, municipal bonds, over-the-counter investment grade
corporate bonds and all secondary money market trading, including trading in Bankers Acceptances, Commercial Paper and Yankee and Euro certificates of deposit.

U.S. stock markets will observe a regular trading schedule.

Chicago Board of Trade financial, agricultural and metals futures close at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT). Stock index contracts trade normal hours.

Chicago Mercantile Exchange currency and interest rate futures close at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT), and commodity options close at 1:02 p.m. EST (1802 GMT).
Equity products only traded on the trading floor will have normal hours.
Foreign exchange, equity index and interest rate products traded on Globex will close at 4:15 p.m. EST (2115 GMT).

New York Mercantile Exchange closes at 1 p.m. EST (1800 GMT).

COMEX aluminum and palladium trading closes at noon EST (1700 GMT); copper and silver at 12:05 p.m. EST (1705 GMT); and platinum and gold at 12:10 p.m. EST (1710 GMT).


Sunday, Dec. 25:

All U.S. financial markets, exchanges and electronic trading will be closed.

Monday, Dec. 26:

The Bond Market Association has recommended the U.S. government securities market as well as all other bond markets remain closed.

U.S. stock markets will be closed.

All CBOT daytime trading will be closed. Overnight electronic trading will be open.

CME daytime trading will be closed. Globex regular open at 6 p.m. EST (2300 GMT).

cluj 19:44 GMT December 22, 2005
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could you please indicate me a free site with historical data about us stocks-turnovers,eps,per,and so on.thanks for your help.

Mtl JP 12:19 GMT December 22, 2005
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trotter 11:55 / re .."Not easy"..

It is the essential, single most important factor separating longterm successful traders from wannebe havebeens: The essence of trading is not the mathematical formulation of taking pleasure (cashing in profits) or saying enough to pain (taking a loss) as it is to psychologically disconnect from either and simply submissivelly react to market's dictates. One's reactions to price actions have to become instinctual rather than rational, if one aspires to be a trader. (from an earlier earlier post)

I add that a mark of a long-term sucessful trader is when profits magnitudes to loss magnitudes reach a better than 1:1 ratio (here you chose your own) and the trader experiences equal sence of (non) elation emotion about taking profit as about cutting a loser.