thank you all for your informative but sarcastic advice.

<t>hello, what is the opinion of you guys out there on this subject? e.g. pricing options. since the libor curve is higher than the UST curve, the fwd prices would be higher hence calls would be slightly more cheaper if implied using LIBOR curves. also, the discount factors would be lower for LIBOR ...

<t>thank you andym. u have been the most helpful among the lot.so last question about the parameters :the riskier the product, the higher or lower the stop-loss amount?i feel that a higher stop loss would be in order for riskier products. if lower, it would defeat the purpose of investing in a risky...

<t>can you guys give me a serious answer from a risk management perspective for a trading house guys?> Stop losses should be set for individual (or correlated) trades, rather than by portfolio, otherwise you end up funding your losers with your winners and breaking one of the few iron rules of tradi...

<t>Hi, can somebody tell me how does their bank implement cut-loss policies for bond or derivatives trading?e.g. for US Treasuries, Eurodollar futures and Corporate bonds...Is it a % figure? e.g. 10% of initial purchase proceeds? By individual trade? By consolidated porfolio?Thank you in advance! </t>

side track... does anybody have contacts for openings in Singaporean hedge funds? any website or head hunters to recommend?

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you mean mark-to-market using historical vol? is that good practice?

<t>hi guys...don't mean to hijack this thread, but can you guys give advice on how to mark-to-market OTC options without any implied vol from exchange traded options to speak of ? what is the common practice ? say we have a convertible bond and we strip out the option component to sell to clients. t...

<t>since there is a bond future expert here, can i ask FDAXHunter something?my bank wants to hedge a bunch of USD corporate credits quoted at T+spread by shorting UST Futures - this is to isolate the credit spread which my bank wants to trade. based on mock trading on real prices, there seems to be ...

I'm currently based in Malaysia

boy. hearing diving stories in the UK make me so grateful for where i am currently based

<t>hi,just to let you guys know, there is an exchange traded options market in Malaysia (index options) but volume nowadays has been zero for the past 3 years and counting. liquidity has gone away along with the 'foreigners' since the capital controls in 1998. the local index futures market is more ...

hey vengeance,can you personal message me more about the opening in UBSW? how did you hear abt it?

<t>aquaG,i'm currently based in malaysia and there is a myriad of diving sites available here. You get to see a lot of turtles, barracudas, rays, garoupas, snappers, lionfish and other little fishies here. i haven't really seen any really huge fishes yet like sharks. maybe if you go further into the...