Futures Symbols on ThinkOrSwim

Added on June 30, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

They have a nice page for this but I thought I’d duplicate it here:

CME Bitcoin /BTC

CME Micro Bitcoin /MBT

E-mini DOW /YM

E-mini Nasdaq-100 /NQ

E-mini Russell 2000 /RTY

E-mini S&P MidCap 400 /EMD

E-mini S&P 500 /ES

Nikkei 225 /NKD

CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) /VX

MSCI Emerging Markets Index (ICE) /MME

Micro E-mini DOW /MYM

Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 /MNQ

Micro E-mini Russell 2000 /M2K

Micro E-mini S&P 500 /MES

Mini CBOE Volatility Index /VXM

RBOB Gasoline /RB

Heating Oil /HO

Light Sweet Crude Oil /CL

Natural Gas /NG

E-mini Crude Oil /QM

E-mini Natural Gas /QG

Gold /GC

Silver /SI

Copper /HG

Platinum /PL

Palladium /PA

1,000-oz. Silver (CME) /SIL

E-Micro Gold (CME) /MGC

2 Yr Note /ZT

5 Yr Note /ZF

10 Yr Note /ZN

30 Yr Bond /ZB

Eurodollar /GE

Fed Funds /ZQ

Ultra Bond /UB

Ultra 10 Yr Note /TN

Corn /ZC

Oats /ZO

Soybeans /ZS

Soybean Meal /ZM

Soybean Oil /ZL

Wheat /ZW

E-mini Corn Futures /XC

E-mini Wheat Futures /XW

E-mini Soybean Futures /XK

KC Hard Red Winter Wheat /KE

Australian Dollar /6A

British Pound Sterling /6B

Canadian Dollar /6C

Euro F/X /6E

Japanese Yen /6J

Mexican Peso /6M

New Zealand Dollar /6N

Swiss Franc /6S

US Dollar Index (ICE) /DX

E-Micro AUD/USD /M6A

E-Micro GBP/USD /M6B

E-Micro EUR/USD /M6E

E-mini Euro FX /E7

E-mini Japanese Yen /J7

Cocoa (ICE) /CC

Coffee (ICE) /KC

Cotton (ICE) /CT

Orange Juice (ICE) /OJ

Sugar (ICE) /SB

Random Length Lumber /LBS

Feeder Cattle /GF

Lean Hogs /HE

Live Cattle /LE

My Lady Love

Added on June 30, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

When I first heard this song I thought it was sung by a black guy from the Deep South not a little blonde Swede … I still dig it: Olle Nyman singing Heart and Soul.

Movies Watched -- Bound (1996)

Added on June 29, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

109 minute running time so ten minutes too long … this wasn’t terrible, but… stars Ralph Cifaretto playing Ralph Cifaretto before he was Ralph Cifaretto … it also stars Jennifer Tilly and her baby girl voice (she’s beautiful, Chinese dad, “Jennifer Chan”) and Gina Gershon, who is super hot with twisted mouth, imperfect teeth, and an expensive tomboy haircut … very violent in parts .. this was a reco from John Farr who wrote: “Before they wrote and directed ‘The Matrix,’ the Wachowskis concocted this smart, highly entertaining sex thriller-cum-mob caper.“ I wasn’t super thrilled, but it’s worth seeing for the great bods of Tilly and Gershon, naked and writhing.

I can't stand women who apologize for wanting sex.

Movies Watched -- The American Friend (1977)

Added on June 26, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

125 minute running time so at least a half hour too long … this was terrible, Dennis Hopper is a damn good-looking man, but he can’t act; it’s painful to watch him on screen … Bruno Ganz is also a damn good-looking man and he can act a little bit, but the story is no good … it’s a bad adaptation of a Patricia Highsmith story, it’s just crap … why they would restore this and Criterion carry it is beyond me. No idea why it was in queue but it was a waste of a borrow!

What's wrong with a cowboy in Hamburg? [Everything!]

Movies Watched -- Neighboring Sounds (2012)

Added on June 25, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

131 minute running time so at least 30 minutes too long, but I really liked this one, and it would be possible for me to do a fan edit to perfect it since it’s just dozens of vignettes strung together and I could cut quite a few. Life in Brazil, really interesting, the class differences and skin color differences, the poverty and corruption (reminded of China) … it’s fascinating … and the women are beautiful. As Farr wrote (and thanks for the reco, John!): “… the master/servant/slave dynamic is still very much alive in modern Brazil.”

I can’t give this a green-go even though I liked it, but if I ever release a 100-minute fan edit, that will be the one to watch!

Can You Stand What's Standing In Front Of You?

Added on June 23, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

Love the song and the band and May Erlewine, who is very beautiful.

Letters Burning By My Bed

Added on June 22, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

London Grammar … love her voice … I can hear some Tanita Tikaram in there? Hey Now … the host doesn’t mean she was “taken aback” … “stunned” maybe.

Legs of One Belt, One Road Initiative

Added on June 21, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

After reading about truck convoys delivering goods to Europe from China, I wondered about the overland route they are using. These are apparently the overland legs of the One Belt, One Road Initiative. Looks like a long trip. Click on the images to enlarge them.

Khorgas to Almaty (no suggested route but looks like a straight shot)

Movies Watched -- Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

Added on June 20, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

126 minute running time so a half hour too long … story about an FBI informant who infiltrated the Black Panther organization in Chicago … asserts that the FBI under Hoover arranged for the assassination of a Black Panther leader named Fred Hampton … I don’t know any of this history or how accurate it is … looked like a fairly big budget picture … the evil psychopath cracker kid from Breaking Bad is cast as an evil psychopath FBI agent here … he’s always terrifying. I wasn’t interested, but this was a Farr recommendation.

What will you do when your daughter brings home a Negro?

Movies Watched -- The Rapture (1991)

Added on June 20, 2021 by C. Maoxian.

100 minute running time but I didn’t make it far in before going to 8x fast forward … Mimi Rogers is a handsome woman with a great pair of jugs, but this was just terrible … a W.D. By movie, I can’t believe Michael Tolkin got funding for this, it’s just mind-boggling that anyone gave him money … I pray he was never able to make another movie. Whom do I have to blame for this? John Farr. Farr usually gets things right, but when he gets it wrong, it’s very wrong. Agent Fox Mulder, with a mullet, couldn’t act his way out of a paper bag. Great abs though … might explain the Farr reco. Geez.

Dick Brody got it all wrong: “It’s one of the most terrifying of religious films; an astounding synthesis of style and subject, it merges the meticulously practical and the terrifyingly visionary with a breathtaking audacity.” No, Dick, it’s just crap.

(I didn’t realize until perusing Mimi’s IMDb that she played “Money” Chandler in “Bosch” (an Amazon TV show I enjoyed.))