Recent Content by sam13

  1. NYSE MOO Fills Worse Since 11/1/07?

    That's right. Obviously on news days there will be more daily volume so you can place slightly larger orders. Best of luck with everything!...
    Post by: sam13, Sep 15, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  2. NYSE MOO Fills Worse Since 11/1/07?

    The opening cross would have happened at 1 single price. The other trades that occurred between 72.49 and 73.48 would have either been on ECNs or...
    Post by: sam13, Sep 15, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  3. NYSE MOO Fills Worse Since 11/1/07?

    I always route NYSE MOO orders to NYSE so no experience. There is good volume going through the NYSE, especially on news days.
    Post by: sam13, Sep 14, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  4. NYSE MOO Fills Worse Since 11/1/07?

    As far as I know you cannot get advance figures for the current open as you can continue to submit orders until 09:28:00 for nasdaq and right up...
    Post by: sam13, Sep 14, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  5. NYSE MOO Fills Worse Since 11/1/07?

    Yes, definately best to use MOO. Keep your order to less than 5% of the average opening cross volume and you shouldn’t influence the price too...
    Post by: sam13, Sep 13, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  6. NYSE MOO Fills Worse Since 11/1/07?

    I would strongly advise against placing a market order at 09:30:01. In the 1st few minutes of trading the spreads can be very wide on all but the...
    Post by: sam13, Sep 13, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  7. NYSE MOO Fills Worse Since 11/1/07?

    I use MOO orders almost every day. Yahoo finance open prices represent the price at 09:30:00 (if a trade has occured pre-open) or the 1st trade...
    Post by: sam13, Sep 13, 2008 in forum: Order Execution

  8. Market on open / close question

    You can short Nasdaq stocks at the open but not NYSE unless is uptick. You will get the single auction price BUT be aware that if your order is...
    Post by: sam13, Mar 14, 2007 in forum: Order Execution

  9. IB Shorts

    Shorts now available... BUY BUY BUY!!!
    Post by: sam13, Mar 13, 2007 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  10. shorting through IB - no message if shares not avalable

    I agree that it would be nice to know this stuff in advance before IB changes it. This can be very annoying indeed! Not sure about hard to...
    Post by: sam13, Mar 2, 2007 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  11. shorting through IB - no message if shares not avalable

    gaj, Was also annoyed when they 1st made the change, but the fact that you can have an order that expresses your interest to short a stock and...
    Post by: sam13, Mar 2, 2007 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  12. shorting through IB - no message if shares not avalable

    To check if there is any stock available, simply enter a limit order to sell way above the ask, this way, if the shares are available then the...
    Post by: sam13, Mar 2, 2007 in forum: Interactive Brokers

  13. IB TWS issues last couple of days...

    Risktaker, Had exactly the same problem myself both today and yesterday, but a lot worse today in last hour of trading. Currently holding a...
    Post by: sam13, Feb 27, 2007 in forum: Order Execution