I agree on most of your points. However, there are some guys here who scalp, probably automated , some with size, some using optiosn as backstop...
Emotional damage ...interesting. Ist time someone mentioned that in the context of short term scalping...I am waaaayyy past that...LOL
Hi Rhymes. Admire your conviction on setting out onto a path less traveled. I am wondering why you've chosen such. It is kinda strange to be in a...
rhymes-what exactly do you mean u work with a lot of traders?as a broker? as a trader who is among the ones that is still around and by default a...
Might have something to do with Reg NMS. There were posts 2-4 days ago about this
limitdown you are so right.If you don't think it is easy to blow 100k, try having 3 kids. specially when they get off the kids menu and start...
you wouldn't happen to have Excel open with cells taking in trade data thru dde would you? That could slow your system. Another possibility is...
The guy from Lava who was explaining to me what the NMS would likely look like said it would be a combination of NY and Naz on ALL stocks. For...
Ratboy, I share your sentiments as to the possible effect on changing all equities into fast markets. There was a thread 2 weeks ago asking for...
Ratboy, I did not figure out the MO of flippers. I came from open outcry where your bid/ask is only good when blurted out. In addition, there was...
Do you think the hybrid/NMS rule will make Openbook less impt and more fake sizes prevalent . Think about it, if you are an institution and want...
It is quite amusing how a lot of posters here including recruiters of prop firms always validate the viability of their "trading" business by...
I am still a bit fuzzy on trade thru rules which are in effect now for I route all my orders to NYSE. But I was experimenting with using ISLD and...
What I don't understand is even without the looming implementation of Reg NMS, why are pools of liquidity for listed stocks still mostly in NY and...
No clearing firm worth its salt would give margin relief to a firm just because it is 50/50 long short unless they are somewhat fungible like...
I don't think I am way off base here but price improvement availability and ECN like execution would be a contradiction in terms. Price...
optioncoach, there are TONS of retail LLC's around that don't require S7 AND will give 10 or 15:1 leverage sub .005 BUT the big issue is...
Hydro, when you saw that, did you see it print in big blocks or little ones (which 1 could assume are daytraders). IOW, did the 100k offer...
I agree, Deeman's was one of the few that I took a hard copy of. Him and some of the options guys.Deeman, are u still lurking? Share w/ us your...
Dustin, I agree with you that those won't sit on other venues waiting to be taken, however, from what this OMS guy was telling me in that...
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