In the speculation factor group, the net positions of Large traders, Managed money and Small traders have economic significance for Brent oil prices.
For instance, the directive may adopt a proposal – popular in France – to limit the size of positions that traders can take when buying and selling futures contracts on commodities in an attempt to restrict the impact on prices of items as diverse as wheat, coffee or gold.
A space of all configurations of positions for n2 traders from time 1 to t is given by X = { x = ( x ( 1 ), ¿, x ( t ) ) }.
The bank racked up 4.8 billion euros ($7.1 billion) in losses unwinding the positions of a rogue trader, Jérôme Kerviel, in a volatile market last week.
PARIS — When Daniel Bouton, the chief executive of Société Générale, announced that the venerable bank had lost more than $7 billion in unwinding the positions of a rogue trader, he called the culprit "a terrorist".
REUTERS Hedge Funds Take On the 'Whale' | Dozens of hedge funds are thought to be engaged in bets against the positions of the JPMorgan trader known as the "London whale," The Wall Street Journal reports, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter.
Trading tools break down, in real time, the positions of a single trader, his team and the entire firm.
He worked for 18 years at Mutual Shares, an investment firm run by the fund manager Michael F. Price, rising to the position of head trader.
Let x ij (t) be the investing position of a trader (1 ¿ i ¿ n, 1 ¿ j ¿ n) at time t, and x t) = (x11 t),..., x1n(t),..., xn 1 t),..., x nn (t)) be the configuration of positions for n2 traders.
Taking a peek at the "smart guys in the room," the activity in S&P 500 futures transacted by commercial hedgers has broken its recent trend with these hedgers covering short positions according to the Commitment of Traders report.
In an indication of the importance of these positions, traders immediately reacted to the Senate's move on Thursday, sending prices of securities backed by home loans with relatively high interest rates significantly lower, due to investors' concerns that a Watt-led FHFA would make it easier for the borrowers with those loans to refinance.
