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The CME Group has changed its allocation method for distributing electronic order executions. This is simply the most fair and equitable market in the world.

How many times have you bought high and sold low at a stop or a market order? My guess is that has happened much more often from what I could buy low or sell high. In the past, the reason for this has been the manual execution of the orders in open outcry markets in commercial plants the various exchanges.

Here is how this process used to work:

1) Your order is placed with its agent on the phone.

2) Your agent places an order with a phone clerk on the floor of the appropriate exchange.

3) The secretary of phone sends the order to the employee the corridor Pit.

4) The selling agent of the Moat gave the order to the broker.

That is the part of the placement of the order of the process

1) The agent determines how many contracts you need to buy or sell.

2) The agent is in the depth of 400 + dealers to see if the market is trading.

3) Quickly deciphers the hand signals and noises to determine the best offers and the current time.

4) The agent decides that the best offer comes from a type — Through his mouth and looked away.

5) The decision of which is not able to capture the attention of the dealer hand, the agent is a small business next to him ready to make the same bid.

6) The agent makes trade with the guy in front of him. The small trader waits for the man through the mouth to make his bid one tick better than the bid rate through the mouth and pockets the profit of an X mark the number of contracts traded.

That is the process of implementing

The agent tells his employee that tells your broker is used, the actor can then the the full report back to you.

Now, ask the following questions:

1) Is it fair that the small businessman has to keep the money free without running the risk of actually "make a market?"

2) Is it fair that the retailer has made its big trade at a worse price, taking the risk to the market?

3) Is it fair that the customer has a worse fill because its clearing firm agent could not get the attention of the trader big?

4) Is it fair that the customer has a worse price, and notification of delay due to the many links in the implementation process?

Welcome to the era of the FREE TRADE!

The single greatest benefit of electronic markets has been the matching of customers traders and brokers. The second biggest benefit of electronic markets has been the removal of floor traders do not want to make a market or forecast of market direction or in any other way of earning a living through their intellectual abilities.

The electronic process

Places Either 1) a supply or demand at a specified price and the number of contracts.

2) The first deals and offers at a given price are the first run. FIFO.

3) The computer tells you instantly that you have an execution.

For details of how the CME Group makes allowances for executions partial to a specific price or how it justifies importance of a single contract on a lot of thousand, please read the announcement. Otherwise, take my word for it. We the best system ever devised for discovering the true price. This is the epitome of fair trade!

Andy Waldock

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866-990-0777

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The coffee drinks are very popular these days and the espresso and coffee are among the favorites. Sure, you can get them at the local home coffee, but why not save some money and do it yourself?

Here are some tips on foolproof methods of best espresso drinks at all.

First, you want to start with a good quality machine. If you are serious about your espresso, you need to spring for the best machine you can get. One thing to look for in a quality machine that is for sure has a built in grinder grain routine is key to good coffee.

When grinding coffee beans or espresso drinks with milk, be sure to give a good way to fine grind. If they are too course of the drink is very weak, on the other hand, if you grind grains of fine to drink the bitter taste. A little practice makes perfect!

To prepare your espresso should only take 15 to 20 seconds. While your drink is leaking out into the cup, a foam that forms on top. When you see water coming out is time a beige brown and harvest ita to stop the fruit.

The output should yield 1 Â ½ ounces of liquid. If you've done more then a drink may be bitter.

Now that you have your drink perfect espresso can be used to make a latte. Lattes are great and can be flavored to taste like the very popular mocha latte.

Coffee with milk is actually coffee and foam milk with flavor. So to make a mocha coffee, mix in chocolate syrup.

Start with a cup of coffee and on our 1 3 / 4 ounces of choclate syrup into the cup. Next Add 2 ounces of espresso and then top it with steamed milk. Now stir the drink from the bottom so the mixture of syrup in. You can get fancy and put a dash of whipped cream on top and some choclate chips if any. Enjoy!

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Tuesday is World AIDS Day and Starbucks will donate some money to buy drugs, blah, blah, blah, blah, but my mom is a bit skeptical about the idea of buying coffee. How much would a small cup of coffee or hot chocolate cost in Wisconsin? Do you think the over all quality of coffee is worth the money? I hear it's relatively expensive but very good! Thank you!

Of regular coffee or hot chocolate is not as expensive, probably the same as most of the cafes, but I really do not like the taste of your coffee. The material is expensive than fancy flavored drinks (they are delicious, but cost a bit). I had one the other day for the first time in years, a peppermint mocha small (coffee, hot chocolate is in, with mint syrup), and it makes me almost $ 5. It's really not worth it on a daily basis (too expensive and too high in fat and calories), but is fine for a treat once in a blue moon.

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Ever wonder how each type of coffee ends up at your local coffee joint? Well, the coffee graders have a large part in deciding how that happens. Although they may not necessarily trek over mountains and through streams and across the world to get there, they definitely do have a great career doing something most of us really love, drinking coffee. This is the job description of a Green Coffee Seller. This means that the coffee beans are fresh before they are roasted. The beans are examined thoroughly and specifically with a number of specifications in mind.

The beans should be fairly consistent in size and shape. This is essential for an even roast. The small beans will roast much differently than larger beans. Different size beans make roasting inconsistent because beans will roast and pop at different times.

The graders are also looking for a consistency of color. Beans that have uneven coloring could possible suggest that the beans have been dried at different rates. It is also a sign that beans are being mixed. This too will lead to poor roasting.

The beans should be divided by their region and then again by which cultivator they came from. They should be harvested and processed and then dried according to their region and cultivator as well. This will ensure a quality roasting and final product. Beans should also be processed soon after they are harvested. This is because the beans will start to ferment before they are roasted after they have been harvested. Drying the beans prevents the fermentation from occurring and ruining the beans.

It is quite common to have coffee beans floating in water in order to determine which ones are defective. Beans have different density and therefore will float differently. Finer beans occur because of dry processing. They will also have a brown ‘silverskin’ which is otherwise known as a fox bean. However, if this silverskin can be removed easily by rubbing then it is not a defect; simply just evidence that it was dry processed. Then there is the consideration of under ripe beans. These will have the same silverskin but it cannot be removed by rubbing. These beans will produce coffee with an unwanted sour taste.

The art of drying beans is quite significant. Many farms and plants will take great pride in their drying processes. Improper drying is definitely easily evident, which are often chemical treatments that can be quite harsh on the bean. Beans that are dried improperly will often have a mottled appearance.

Beans that were dried properly should first be placed on a patio for the skin to dry. Then they are sent through a mechanical dryer. A superior drying process will have several stages where beans are sent through the dryer that is about 104 degrees Fahrenheit. The beans will then have an even color and perfect moisture.

Graders also look for beans with a white edge. This white edge is significant because it means that the beans were stored somewhere too humid, or their drying process was incorrect. Good, high quality beans should be even in color and have a bright appearance that is matchless. Then there is the smell. Beans should always have a fresh and delightful aroma. Sometimes poor processing will give the bean a smoky aroma or a musty smell. Give thanks to all the bean graders that provide you with only the best coffee for your coffee maker.

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Chocolate has the great ability to be the perfect gift for almost all people and for all occasions. It does have amazing qualities – when we place a piece of gourmet chocolate in our mouth, we immediately go to a state of wellbeing and joy.

Today we can find chocolate of all sorts and flavors on the market and the more there is to choose from, the pickier we seem to become. Have we once got a taste of fine luxurious chocolate, we prefer to continue treat our taste buds with those types more and more.

It is not completely satisfying any longer to buy the cheaper types of chocolate that can be found everywhere. Nowadays we prefer to eat chocolate that is vibrating with all the love and care given by the producer and that are made with carefully chosen ingredients.

The best chocolate is known to have its origin in European countries such as Switzerland and Belgium. Those countries have a long history of chocolate making and have been able to refine their recipes. Fine Belgian and Swiss chocolate is always made of ingredients of highest quality and are combined in just the right way to give a chocolate experience that is out of the ordinary.

A gourmet chocolate gift just can’t go wrong. For some occasions it might be a great addition to your main gift while at other times you can give it just as it is. For an even more fun chocolate gift idea, you can now make it personalized exactly the way you want it to be.

There are many wrappers to choose from and if you don’t find what you are looking for you can even create your own design. An image that you feel will be appreciated by the person receiving it together with a greeting makes a wonderful gift.

This in combination with chocolate of the highest quality makes a gift that is truly unforgettable. Chocolate is also both gender and age neutral and in this way you can be sure it suits whoever it is you are giving it to.

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What is a Mocha?

On the one hand you may be excited about getting to try something new and the Mocha coffee beverage may be just right up your alley. On the other hand, you may be apprehensive about turning the coffee drink into something you are unsure about and don’t know what to expect from it. All in all, though, rest assured that with a Mocha drink you will be able to taste the espresso very much! This leads us to the burning question, though, of what really is a Mocha. A Mocha beverage is consumed in virtually every part of the world that an espresso is, but all a Mocha beverage is, however, is an espresso with a bit of chocolate syrup or other chocolate topping added to the base of the espresso. Even though it might seem like the espresso by itself is a sweet drink, there may be some others who want to try to sweeten it up even more!

Now that you know exactly what a mocha is then it’s time to not only try the mocha beverage but also to make a Chilled Mocha Espresso. What this all entails, however, is spreading the Mocha over ice in order for the beverage to get cold. Many coffee shops and restaurants already sell the Chilled Mocha Espresso, but one good thing about learning what a Mocha actually is, though, is that you will be able to make the beverage yourself! In fact, many people actually prefer to make the mocha by him or her self before actually trying to beverage out in public just to see if they like it or not. Chances are, though, that a regular espresso drinker would naturally love the addition of chocolate to his or her espresso, which is basically what the whole Chilled Mocha Espresso is all about!

Of course after the Chilled Mocha Espresso is made then you can also move on to bigger and better beverages. This can be done by adding ingredients to the already Chilled Mocha Espresso, but it can also be done by pouring the chilled beverage into another drink to make the perfect espresso variety! As you probably already know there are more espresso varieties to go around then there are espresso cups in the world, but those who regularly drink espresso are probably glad for all of this, especially the Chilled Mocha Espresso!

Even though most coffees have been around for hundreds of years, this is not the same for espresso. Espresso, on the other hand, is essentially a more concentrated cup of coffee. There are many reasons why espresso is loved more than any other coffee and perhaps the reason that it is enjoyed by so many people throughout the world is because it really does have quite a different nature than other coffees! But not only is espresso a more concentrated cup of coffee, but the taste is very different as well and may account for some of the reason why espresso is usually liked more than coffee.

The Nature of Espresso

Espresso originated in Milan, Italy in the early 19th Century. Many Italians call espresso a romantic kind of coffee and it’s easy to see why. The nature of espresso is such that it doesn’t take a whole lot to fill you up. But to define espresso involves accounting for the different ingredients that it’s made of. Espresso is essentially finely ground coffee beans that are tightly packed together and placed in an espresso machine. Machines are the easiest way to make espresso nowadays, which is why they are put into the machine in the first place. But nevertheless, they are placed in the machine and hot water creates steam. That steam is forced up to heat the coffee beans and produce a thick, drippy liquid called espresso. The thickness of espresso is also a defining feature because it is almost three to four times the consistency of regular black coffee.

Another one of espresso’s defining characteristics which will help you to understand exactly what espresso looks like is the crema. The crema is a reddish-brown substance that floats on the top of the espresso itself. But the crema is actually the main part of the espresso that many people like because it also has a foamy substance attached to it. Of course on top of the crema is where many people sprinkle cinnamon, put a dollop of whipped cream, as well as sprinkle that with chocolate shavings. Even though it seems like espresso is a large drink considering all of the defining characteristics of it, espresso is actually consumed by the 1-ounce shot glasses. If made right, espresso can be the ultimate beverage of a lifetime!

Espresso is also the base for which many other drinks are made. Whether you want to make a latte, mocha chill, or another version of the espresso drink then it all relies on the espresso coffee drink which so many people love! In fact, there are probably over a hundred different ways that espresso can be used; it is actually used for desserts, evening drinks, morning wake-up drinks, as well as for a whole variety of other drinks. If you have ever run into a coffee shop that sells espresso then chances are that you’ve heard just about all the beverage names that can be made from it. This shows just how truly popular an expresso drink can be!