Tag Archives: broker

Prediction Markets vs. Bookmakers — The Ultimate Argument

Posted on January 16, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Las Vegas Sun: â€œThe bookieâ€™s odds will be influenced by his appetite for risk, the action heâ€™s got on his side and his own bias,â€ said John Delaney, chief executive officer of Dublin-based Intrade.com, the worldâ€™s largest prediction market. â€œIf … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Finance | Tagged bookmakers, broker, Chief Executive Officer, Dublin, event derivative markets, event derivatives, IBM, InTrade, InTrade.com, John Delaney, prediction markets | Leave a comment

What Max Keiser says about his moment at the helm of the Hollywood Stock Exchange.

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Max Keiser (Co-Founder of the Hollywood Stock Exchange): Co-Founder, Co-Chairman Hollywood Stock Exchange (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry) October 1995 â€“ December 2000 (5 years 3 months) Invented the Virtual Specialist Technology (U.S. pat. no. 5950176) that runs … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, History, Inventions & Innovations | Tagged broker, co-chairman, co-founder, Hollywood Investment Bank, Hollywood Reserve Bank, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Max Broker, Max Keiser, prediction markets, United States, Virtual Specialist | Leave a comment

Once again, wannabe dictator John Delaney censors a sound comment from a rational and well informed TradeSports trader.

Posted on July 8, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

On the TradeSports forum, once again, a legitimate comment from a TradeSports trader has been pruned. Here’s the line from event derivative trader “Vancheeswaran2″ that was expunged: [...] Tradesports claims to be just like NYSE or LSE, but anyone pulling … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged broker, event derivative trader, John Delaney, prediction markets, TradeSports trader, Vancheeswaran2 | Leave a comment

TradeSports Cost of Service

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Guest Author

Why can’t TradeSports just make it simple, honest and clear? OK, here’s the order of events as I understand them: 1. Last fall TradeSports says trading fees are a nickel for price takers (.03 at extreme prices), zero for price-makers; … Continue reading →

Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Market Transaction Costs | Tagged broker, cent | Leave a comment

Next lesson: so the â€œfuturesâ€ arenâ€™t really futures

Posted on April 20, 2007 by Brian Shiau

This post was originally written for users of the simExchange prediction market following the expiration of March 2007 futures, the first round of the new prediction product. So now youâ€™ve got a taste of what futures contracts are like…shorter-term projections … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Exchanges & Markets, Market Contract Statements, Market Expiry | Tagged blog, broker, online trading, prediction product, simExchange Official, the broker, USD | Leave a comment

Traders’ Top 10 Mistakes

Posted on February 25, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Via The Big Picture, Jim Wyckoff: #1. Failure to have a trading plan in place before a trade is executed. Without a specific plan, a trader does not know, among other things, when or where he will exit the trade … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis (Meta) | Tagged broker, business owner, futures trader, good money-management tool, Jim Wyckoff, lawyer, money-management tools, Trader, USD | Leave a comment

How to trade in futures market?

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Guest Author

The futures market offers the opportunistic investor the option of using small amounts of their own money to control large amounts of products, including gold, currencies, and agricultural commodities. A futures contract is a legally binding contract to deliver, if … Continue reading →

Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts | Tagged broker, farmer, Futures Trading, oil, stock brokerage, Tony Reed, USD | Leave a comment