Actually, the report seems to describe a single quarter. So for IB, if we assume independence for each quarter and for each trader, then...
The situation depends somewhat on what market you're trading. If you're talking about US equities, there is no reason to put in market orders....
I get the full feed of US equity trades, and looking at yesterday's TFI trades, I can see that much of the volume of TFI is sub-penny (e.g.,...
What they probably mean is the FINRA TRF, which is where most internalized trades and dark pool trades are reported. Whether or not you can...
The lions's share of orders placed through discount brokers do not go through an exchange -- they go to a "wholesaler" first, who will attempt to...
As I also mentioned in another thread, I had a lot of problems when I tried 4K a couple of years ago -- I got it to work, but only at 15hz and it...
If you're both returning that much and raising at that rate, it appears to me that you'd have $100m-$1billion AUM within two years. Why even...
I tried a 50" UltraHD, and trying to get it to work properly was a big waste of time for me. The issue was connectivity -- it simply wasn't ready...
EUR/CHF on Jan 16, 2015 With the possible exception of some futures (and I am not talking about offsetting positions here which aren't...
This links to info on Josh Levine's original Island ECN, which is more or less the "ancestor" of all modern equity ECN's:...
I have been paid out by SIPC before; and it was smooth, timely, and accurate. I don't think that SIPC was ever meant to deal with pure Ponzi's...
I would call your broker and ask them; if I'm not mistaken, they have some discretion in such situations (at least they used to). In any event,...
Interesting article by John Arnold on spoofing at Traders Magazine today, "It Takes a Spoofer to Keep the Speed Traders Honest":...
If you're talking about equities, there are various ways for certain big/powerful players to do this, depending on what country you're talking...
Some solutions include: Have more than one clearing broker to give you some more security via diversification. Study the financials of your...
NxCore has nice tick-by-tick historical options data -- I am not sure how much it costs now, maybe a few hundred per month for historical. You...
1. Yes it is bad, on average; you'll typically get only $.0001, whereas if you were to hit a hidden order in the real market you'd get at least...
You're talking about slippage experienced while adding liquidity in a .05%-spread security that trades massive volume. I think that such slippage...
I think Zacks has this data nicely formatted, at some price, no idea how much. http://www.zackspro.com/index.asp
That is strange that you should be auto-liquidated in such a situation. If I were you, I'd dig into that further and figure out exactly what...
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