me too. I write puts sometimes if its a stock that I want to own - i.e. not a stock I want to daytrade, but one that i want to swing/position...
why would any direct access broker want any clients that were going to trade less than 100 shares a time? waste of their time and resources. IMHO
The pits have got to go. but lets look at the whole US market system is an antiquated dinosaur.... pit trading in futures...... pit trading and...
your reasoning doesn't apply to the old womans strategy. She picks a stock....and keeps it until it moves 10% in either direction....thus,...
Broker - you go to the pub hear a rumor call a bunch of clients get them to buy it....if it goes down you call them all up and say switch to this...
Easiest way to make money is legal insider trading. The market is not transparent - if something materially fundamental is going on with the...
Don - I thought Blairs guys and Timberhill were pretty much completely mechanical. Interesting that everyone put down the old woman...I threw...
No. However I believe there was some pressure to put up the margin levels.... guess well find out soon enuff.
Good deal - but they are desperate for market share and quickly. If they have to clear through BS and Refco - that's a cost...plus they will...
magna so if I can't get 60% - how much do you suppose I can get?
Sorry I should have given more details. Refco, IB, Rosenthal etc are FCMs and must be registered with the CFTC, and fulfill all necessary...
$2.28 per r/t
i wouldnt bother with easyscreen - they're virtually bankrupt. Refco only bought a stake so they cud inherit the software. As for pats well its...
Article in a local publication today about a middle aged woman who has made a fortune .... and all she does is buy a stock and then sell it when...
well with the Executioner, AB Watley and Tradescape all nearly over... it seems more firms will flop than succeed....so lets concentrate on WHO...
yeah I need a good sorting software... I ues metastock for end of day stuff...but need some real-time scanners...didnt know I could get sort...
The sooner the big S&P goes fully electronic the better.... close the pits..... throw away black and white tv's... shut down chicago.. don't...
cool lets go for this....how about the following: Andover...gotta go..dodgy biz. Preferred...as anyone that advertises so much on here and...
Hitman, didn't want to change the topic from your January Trading journals...but wanted to question your post which I've attached here....
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