ja, still hangin' around...pissed off big time i cant get filled on nyse gaps down...keep tryin' 100s of times every day and not a chance. even tried to dilute my orders and still nil, zip, nada...sheesh, thot i would never say this but those specs have to go.
FF and Bit, Glad to see you guys are still around - I learn a lot from your posts, and responses! Bit, can you elaborate a bit on your post above? FF, can you talk a bit about the problem you posted in your recent thread "Anyone Seen this Bullshit" in the Trading forum? Thanks for helping!
simple...i never get filled on my shorts [and longs most times] if the stock is nyse listed and hot...when i get filled it means i'm wrong; of help is also the wait-to-cancel tactic employ by the spec, just wonderful, R-0-R.
Ok, guys, now we're at the bottom of the third page of this forum. Let's see if we can get rolling again. Bit, FF, bill, and anyone else who'd like to chime in, would you be interested in sharing your story - how you got started, what you'd do diffeently knowing what you know now, what you forsee for the future of trading? I've asked at least one very sharp poster on ET this last question; his thoughts are cogent, and really get one to thinking...would love to hear from others on thiese topics!
Take more risk, but risk with reason. The thing about trading with fear is that it's true that you won't lose much, but you won't make much either which in turn questions your stance in the game, are you just playing to make a living (you can get a steady job instead) or here to make some serious money... The greater the adversity, the brighter the light of opportunity. (however, the keyword here is reason. If you see a high probability setup you have seen a million times before, get in, even with some size, keep in control and let it play out). The other thing I found to be important is that you have to find your thing in this game, the strategy that suits best to you in accord with your personality and to your liking, and focus on it-fine tune it to the best it can be and make money with it.
yeah, when some news hit or a stock that is just volitle, I have to offer through about 50 cents up on ECNs just to have a shot to get filled.
Great reply as always, FF - thanks! If you don't mind, how long have you been trading? Is it equities?
the problem is also that on listed stocks u often dont get filled on ecns either...wether u buy or sell. me thinks specs are pissed big time cuz they know they gonna slowly disappear and give up all the easy profits since the hybrid system is prolly already eatin' into their bottom line; they are aware they willl be left out soon and now they are in revenge mood...things got very bad in the past few months as far as i concern.
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