Recent content by Bison42

Auction markets had its merits, if nothing else it had to honor BBBO.

Going to decimals hurt the markets the worst. It brought out the absolutely despicable traits in people that like to take advantage of others. Vulture mentality is the rule of the day. The only way the Good guys win is when they stick to their convictions and not listen and watch the noise that...

You're either extremely talented, inherited some money or are trading on some kind of insider info. Nobody is that good that quick without cutting some corners.

how do you a guy at a bank 7 billion bucks?

Chipmunk nees to learn how to spell first of all. Secondly, anyone who would invest thier money in a day trading fund needs to have thier head examined.

The HFT is a crooked game. Avoiding fees, manipulating markets, gaming stocks, etc. These HFT's have screwed up the markets so badly that noone knows whether to sneeze or scratch thier ass. Get rid of em all.

Remember when Microsoft was all the rage? That was a real company with real parts. This social media crap, although relevant, produces nothing. Other than seeing stupid pictures of your friends, the only thing these sites can do is get you in trouble when you're trying to get in to a school...

Trade in the first hour and the last hour. Go get some excersize inbetween. When you're bored in the middle of the trading session you make bad decisions. All of the volume is at the opening and the close, best chance for a good execution.

If all of the people that vote for Obama can't realize that all he does is make speaches, we are the dumbest nation on the planet. This guy hasn't done ANYTHING! He has no relationship with Congress. He can't get anything done! I'm an independant thinker not tied to either party. If it...

Young traders don't have the experience and patience to see a trade thru. They panic as soon as the price goes below where they bought. The best advice I would give is to not go at this alone. Sit next to someone who has experience and learn.

You ever bet football? You lose the first two games you bet and you try to get it all back on the third? Don't do that when investing. If a trade goes against you, that means you haven't identified your entry points. If a stock ticks down after your bid gets hit, that doesn't mean it is a...

Clubber Lang is right on the money. Trouble is the SEC doesnt have a clue to fix this problem. They'd be smart to start charging crazy fees and actually enforce BBBO, but they don't have the chops.

That's a good business plan. Drop the dime on some group of bankers, ruin thier lives, and off you go into the sunset!! Not apologizing for corrupt bankers, just saying. Why not try to fix the problem at the bank? At the end of the day, we all are paying the whistleblower.

I'm no techie but there seems to be something evil going on here. NYSE launches Retail program, Knight tries to get around it and blows up, Tokyo and Spain halt some trading. Some hacker is trying to get an edge and messing everything up in the process.

Buy FB at 8--10 dollar range. It's going down!