how do you scalp if you don't mind me asking. (No offense)
I assume that's the edge. And I further assume that these stocks are your favorites, the ones that usually go. Let me venture a guess. XOM ?
i use to get conversions on oil, but right now I do it old school, just offer ECNs. I hardly get filled on ECNs nowadays not to mention new york....
steve, if I remember correctly, you don't use the openbook, well, what do you mean by scalping then? Most traders in my firm, we look for big...
not sure but if we front run an aggressive size stepping down, many say there won't be much of that opportunity anymore, or opportunties that will...
it fuckn sucks, really, how do the ones scalp on new york with the new hybrid market? Or is scalping even a profitable option anymore once october...
scalping will change forever- no more racing sdot with nx no more enveloping as we know it no more price improvment(although they say not- we...
so so true. I get filled faster on new york than ecns when I'm wrong, and have to wait literally minutes to get filled (most of the time I don't...
the thing that I am worried about is that if he locks the bid ("1"), does that mean that all of us traders are trying to get short because of the...
hey thanks for the link, as everyone in my firm practices, we vary our position size according to each situation (or in this case as in the...
excuse this but what is "sweeping of the book"? Can you elaborate on your perspective on market shorts and lifting of size? I like the more...
hmm about hiding the size, i noticed that at the close, the openbook will magically display huge sizes where as just momments before the closing...
i'd like to know as well What does it mean to have a 1 on the bid when the size is on the offer side and vice versa? and what's the...
steve, bit, thanks for the inputs, let me "summarize" and group my thoughts so far. Please feel free to comment. What Happened This morning WB...
right, I noticed that sometimes the size offer would get nibbled 2000, 5000, 7500 at a time until it's gone but I'm talking about when the whole...
can you elaborate on "sweeps",
yeah, that's what I thought, you mean sellers or traders who want to get short? I first thought maybe he is just too busy matching orders in a...
hmmm...well I observed this just minutes after the open in stocks that has been downgraded and had some institutional size that was aggressively...
what I meant was I used 5k of my own money but was leveraged up to 100k
well, this was meant to be a constructive discussion as currrently, I scalp equities and was wondering how would things affect me when this takes...
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