I pay $4.75 for eminis - advantage is i trade equities, options and futures all from one platform all in one account.
To be a prop firm that clears Merril and gets serviced by them, a firm needs to be a Broker Dealer as well as meet certain net worth...
ME (9:34:42 AM): BYD? Floor broker Update #1 @ (9:37:02 AM): byd; couple of sellers now , meriil and bs working 30k for sale combined - (9:37:14...
I normally look for set ups and try to confirm them with looks - this give me more confidence in the trade and my position naturally. The...
A capped order is a special order that can only be placed on the NYSE floor thru a floor broker- If you say for example i want a 5k mrkt buy...
Todayâs looks; BLL - DJ- CBI - MSA ME (9:33:19 AM): BLL? Broker Update #1@ (9:35:27 AM): bll; 7k to buy cibc Broker gave me a tip @...
Todayâs looks were in BAC â CD and CSC BAC Me (9:26:45 AM): give me a look into BAC , Broker âUpdate #1 @ (9:29:56 AM): bac 42.50 on...
You are right it is a problem getting so many looks in diffrent stocks so frequently - That is why I use 2 brokers and there are a few traders in...
pretty much on target - it's also all about how you understand and interpert the info that they are giving to you. Overall comes in very handy.
ME (10:27:21 AM): COF? Update #1 @(10:29:12 AM): cof, ubs, lb,opco, bs buying Update #2@(10:31:27 AM): buyers At this point COF was very...
I asked (9:34:24 AM): ACS? Update #1 (9:35:34 AM): acs; .40 top on 25k is weeden , .50 low on 30k is scattered short sellers Update...
Today's worthy floor broker call was on ECA. I don't have the exact logs of my IM becasue my computer shut off midday and didn't save the IM logs....
Actually I communicate with my brokers via Instant Message - I just cut and copied my entire conversation into the post. I trade on a...
Brokers can trade without the specialist they use institutional ECN"s - this doesn't get reported to the specialist. In the Pits they can either...
3 looks for a trade is like a rule of thumb - if you don't execute enough they will start saying that they are busy and eventually drop you....
Today I used my floor broker for 2 different stocks WAT and VPI In the beginning of the day I felt that WAT was going to trade down in the 1st...
I would rather not post in this thread which firm i am with, because I would like this thread to stick to the topic ( trading thru a NYSE Floor...
Well both brokers that I used are $2 brokers (basically free agents) - Floor brokers are all about relationships - one of the brokers i met thru...
Here is an example of a trade that I did based on information from a floor broker. I was watching NCR in the morning, it was up a lot, and I got...
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