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Jeff Jacobsen has just started a new service...................
www.XSquawk.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Josslin" <TaoOfDow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Jerry Gress" <thegress@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: Real Time Pit Info
> Dear Jerry & Group.
>
> I used to subscribe to a Squawkbox service but no longer do. The two that
I
> used were
>
> first: Jeff Jacobsen at http://los.net until Jeff left (Jeff was
awesome
> in his knowledge of the S&P pit and its major players)
>
> and then: Ben Lichtenstein at http://www.tradingsignals.com (Ben's style
is
> more aggressive than was Jeff's)
>
> Both had (and I believe still have) a trial period. I suggest that you
try
> them and see if they might be helpful for you.
>
> They were most helpful to me in announcing when the huge commercials were
> actively taking positions in the market (as in, these were the WRONG guys
to
> fade) and also in announcing when trading limits were about to be imposed.
> Additionally, they were indirectly helpful in assuring that my datafeed
was
> not grossly lagging the market (usually no more than a second or two ---
but
> occasionally when I still was using BMI satellite, last year and before,
by a
> minute or two). Now that I've been using QFeed, I haven't had those
> problems, which was one reason that I eventually quit the Squawkbox.
Another
> reason is that no matter how you cut it, having the Squawkbox on is, in my
> experience, just shy of being abusive --- it's like standing in the middle
of
> the gateway at a carnival. It got to be just too much for me, and I
returned
> to peace and quiet during my trading. I don't miss it (except for the
info
> described above).
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Richard
>
>
> Jerry Gress wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Anybody using a real time voice or other means to get a feel from the
> > futures trading pits? Perhaps squawk box type set up. Any input
anybody?
> > Does it really help, have you made money from that?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Jerry Gress
> > Stockton, Calif. USA
> > trader@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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