Maybe they are doing a statistical test like the Turtles in the 80ies...
Yes, it is real trading. The order goes to the exchange. You know this when your order creates an impact in the market, ie. the MM moves the price...
The demo system I'm using is IMO real, it just uses some offsets in the prices (on user-side).
Well, FYI: I live in Europe, 6 hours difference to US ET timezone... So, yes I can be wrong on the given times, sorrry.
Hmm. yes the calculation gives a total of only 16 hours/day, but my experience via the broker IB is 23.5 hours/day. There is only a half hour...
Thanks for the link, IMHO very informative. But it also writes this: "Extended hours trading on a day with a session that is not interfered...
You seem to be a total newbie in stocks and markets issues. Take a look for example to this page and try to guess what the field "After Hours:...
The markets are open 24h/day, also on weekends. I know that not much of the people know that. There is the regular trading hours (RTH) and the...
M is the NYSE ticker of the company MACSYS INC (Industry: Consumer, Cyclical). The stock price moves, but the options of it have stopped moving....
Right now it looks like that the Market Maker of the ticker M has frozen all option prices! None of the about 33 strikes for Dec18'09 and Jan15'10...
The following can be added to the list: - The Market Maker also remembers your stop loss marks (ie. SL percents)! And revisits these marks...
Wrong! They do it especially if you go for larger moves! It depends only on how much profit you are going to make. They calculate how much in...
I have been retail trader with a small account (less than 20k) for several years, I did it in my spare time (ie. after coming home from work),...
Yes, exactly that's it! I'm a daytrader, keeping a position not longer than neccessary. I'm neither scalper nor shortterm (seconds/minutes)...
I trade 24h/day using automation and also manual trading.
I trade mainly stocks and their options. My positions are about 50k to 150k big, so you can imagine what dirty tricks the MMs try to not to give...
From my experiences and observations I conclude the following facts: 1.) Prices are made by the Market Maker himself, not by supply&demand!...
I think I understand what you mean :-)
For me the IB Demo is real market participation, but the prices (for the user) are with some offsets. Your orders go to the exchange (offset...
I would say you are indeed an idiot because you even don't understand the topic and reason of this thread. If I had capital of my own then there...
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