Recent content by halberdianstahl

I also figured it would go up, big time, however, this week it's likely to be very choppy. kind of makes you nervous, even when GS acquired 47 million shares more this aug. 14. So based on the current performance and market movement/momentum, I guess this is a stock to buy and hold for the...

Hi everyone, I'd like to ask for your kind wisdom and ideas. After Citibank (C) received an upgrade to $5.75 by Merrill Lynch today Friday early morning, what do you guys think that's going to happen to the share price over this week? Where do you see C headed? Maybe, I should...

I have traded with a LOT of people and trading companies. IB does not offer this to retail customers, unless anyone can show otherwise how it's done and if they do, I want to know what do I need to do in order to go rent my desk with them or whatever. Scottrade, for example, acknowledges...

I just verified this morning that what I posted here originally is EXACTLY the case. I observed blocks of trades as small as 100 shares, being traded at prices like: 3.735, 37399, 3.732, 3.734, 3.7482 (citibank) 16.8221, 16.8888,16.8801 (Bank of America) 21.3382 (oracle) 18.8204 (intel)...

Well I took the time to investigate further the numbers, after review of the answers I got here, and my numbers were good as a very low estimate of what each player in the game is making. I was short by about 53% of my conservative estimate PER PLAYER. It's a 21 BILLION DOLLARS a year...

Thank you all, I appreciate the replies. It looks like I should examine the evidence more in detail and then figure out exactly what's going on. However, there are very big financial rewards for someone who could be pulling this off. Namely: No slippage = better prices Gaining the...

Hi. one of the requirements for automated trading to be successful is to be able to trade in tenths or hundredths of a cent. You may see that the large/institutional trading companies purchase shares getting ahead of everyone else by posting bids/offers in the following amounts, I.e...

Hi, I'm new to ET and also a studying and aspiring trader. I'm looking for new friends, hopefully of the trading mindset :), to share ideas, meet for beers occassionally and maybe even create our own bowling or poker league and go out on the weekends with wives/gfs or just to meet to have...