This would be so awesome. http://today.reuters.com/news/Artic...ingFinancial&storyID=nN12186444&imageid=&cap=
Ok, but watch out, though. The phrase "nearly no delay" will be the gotcha. For intra day traders this would probably be useless. If you are holding a stk and just want to watch it trade real time you can always bring up an ARCA book window for free now. ... rj
Even if/when it happens, I imagine the Specialists will retain a way of hosing the retail investor. Remember Richard Ney's anecdote about Lucky Luciano: "The story is told that after he had been deported to Italy, Lucky Luciano granted an interview in which he described a visit to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. When the operations of floor specialists had been explained to him, he said, 'A terrible thing happened. I realized I'd joined the wrong mob'"