Well, I agree that late prints can be outside of the current spread by definition. But in order to cross a large block outside of the current...
Not quite right. A specialist usually delays openings for assigned symbols from seconds up to several minutes, and the very first print...
You can send 1 share order if you want to. On NYSE the specialist will take the other side of the trade, and sometimes you'd see the print...
I may be wrong, but I cannot recall any trade on NYSE below bid or above offer. You can see trades inside of the spread, and that may be price...
One can spot hedge fund/institutional activity by watching the tape.
It can be a MANUAL crossed order, when a floor broker has both buy and sell orders for the same security. In this case the broker doesn't have to...
Hey Mav, Little bit off-topic, but why do you think tape reading is dead? Just pick up a listed stock with the trade volume WAY bigger than on...
A specialist of a floor broker have to show at least 1K size in order to put reserve size. So if you see the size less than1K you can be pretty...
You'll get exact price showed on the offer unless the specialist steps in and improves the price (rarely happens these days though). If your size...
Seriously. Under NYSE Hybrid system, orders under1,000,000 shares get automatically executed with no specialist involved....
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