Yeah, this doesn't make sense. A Market order by definition should guarantee execution. Given that this was a short, and the close was on an...
Div Poacher, Just a suggestion, as I went through this train of thought myself a couple of years ago. Overlay a chart of any of your mutual...
I am a long-time retail futures trader who went prop at the beginning of this year. Before doing so, I read from front to back every single...
I don't know the answer to this, but I'd speculate that they are running this more like any CTA's hedge fund. On those, you typically pay 2%...
I think the only information you'll see is the size of the print on the T&S. I doubt that there's any way to tell who or how they did the order....
This is some speculation on my part, but here are some points to consider. This is an interesting question, and I'm throwing out ideas on both...
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I've heard some talk of a "liquidity quote" coming to the NYSE. Supposedly, these will include and large quotes from the crowd. My...
Another thought is that what you are seeing are buyers and sellers crossing the market looking for entries. I often do this, and many times will...
Curbs are values that are set quarterly that affect arbitrageurs and program traders. When curbs go into affect, those groups are not able to...
LOL! I'll take this as kidding. I think the thread speaks volumes, and I hope it's a helpful message to anyone thinking of using ARCA. I...
I agree. Also, you could set up a 3rd Party Directory list and include all of your commonly used ASCII ticker files. I do this for all of the...
There is one solution that many use to convert the data into XPO format: http://www.traders-soft.com/ts/hc/index.htm This is the only way...
There are lots of different approaches and variations on this. You could add more stocks, but be aware of your envelope size. You don't want to...
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Don, For those of us not nearby, can you guys include a recap on your radio show that weekend? It'd be interesting to hear the highlights.
How about Denver...??
It's 8/10 ths of one percent. It's applied to each side, as in .008 above and .008 below the calculated fair opening price of the stock.
This thread has gotten way off the subject matter. Please try to keep this on the subject of TWS and start another thread for the other subjects....
Cathy, I'm just getting caught up on this thread. I've read a while back about the moving averages changing while you are in a bar, then they...
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