With the algorithms, just a few is all that's needed nowadays.
Very correct & very well said! The same applies from the opening bell if let's say you open a trade for even just 1k shares on a low liquidity...
So anytime a retail trader starts getting elated about having learned a few ropes of the game & shares with others, he's written off as a loser?...
With each posting, you are becoming more & more concerned. It's all right; just close your eyes, & breathe slowly & deaply.
Funny, but definitely leads a person to the wrong conclusions!! A specialist is supposed to make (repeat after me) "a fair & orderly market", and...
So you last 3 posts want traders to live in the illusion that the specialist doesn't care about his retail order? Would you also deny that the...
My impression is that part of the artificial intelligence is identifying the enemy & squeezing him out. E.g. while usually if a big bid is placed...
...unless you are placing a big enough trade to give reason for the specialist to do a reversal--noting he is usually your counterparty. EDIT: By...
When you say "trained", do you mean through pattern recognition (i.e. of the trading activity) it makes educated guesses, or through gathering the...
That's for the no-brainers; however, I'm sure they go on manual override as well, and could contact brokers quite easily (if that would be part of...
Is it commonplace for specialists to have "their connections" with individual brokerages (or perhaps with individual employees(s)), who may help...
To be a successful trader you must know the rules of the game. You must also know if information about you is "leaking" to your likely...
Thank you.
Hello; anyone here use Elite Trader?
Can anyone explain what this is all about in layman's terms? Is this merely a way for the shorts to reshuffle their positions between accounts to...
THank you. THis is an important posting.
Is it true that a specialist could do naked shorting without restriction for a certain limited period of time (3 days?? 14 days??)? Are they...
Hottpotat0, Thank you! Bogan, it seems with ALL your experience, knowledge & powers of critique, if there would ever be someone who could...
My friend, I've been on this board longer than you, and have been an active trader about the whole time.
Anyone from IB?
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