Thursday, October 25, 2012

From an early-morning work e-mail chain where naive colleagues asked me questions.

Person a: "For example the /ESZ2.  Is there a symbol code that reflects the extended session stop time for this product?"

Me: “You cannot get much further extended than the current session length of 23 hours and 45 minutes, on the /ES contract from CME.  You’d need a Time Lord and a TARDIS.  So, the /ES would be a bad example of different sessions, because it only has one.  It is the Highlander of futures contracts.”

Person b: “Did you just assume that since {person a} is English he would get a TARDIS reference?  Just curious.”

Me: “No.  I always assume my audience will not get my reference, no matter what reference I am making.”