Recent content by NAZDAWG

Looking for active traders from Jersey to share some ideas on trading.

I believe that the finial settlement prices are determined by the clearinghouse and not the exchange. They have a formula and I will try to look it up for you.

DGmodel asks: anyone else get charged desk fee's??? and if so how much is the industry average and how much do you get charged??? and more importantly those of you who use blackboxes (the boxes that are hooked up to the floor and inform you of block trades going off) how much do you pay on a...

ESTRADE, you are 100% correct......... the tighter spreads will make it much harder to trade size,,, everyone will be trying to shave each other and you wont get filled............................Tighter spreads will make it harder to get filled..... .25 points seems to be the right spread. the...

these guys have a license to steal,, they are such crooks,,,,, it has never been fair or orderly... in fact,, try getting limit order protection,, that is just a joke,,,,, they don't even represent your order in the market place,,if they do it is to make the market look weak or strong...

It is kind of a sad story,, kinda like the story of Jesse Livermore,,, he was probably the most sucessful trader in Wall Street history until he lost 34 MM in the banking collaspe of '32 then he blew his brains out in the bathroom of a NYC hotel. the book does not tell you that part

Catman, I would not worry too much about slippage,, the only time when there is a significant amount of slippage is when there is some economic report or some news worthy event. I would be a little concerned if you are going through the older order routing system called TOPS,, it goes down a...

if you trade larger share sizes,, for example 5000 shares at a time,, then you would want a per ticket all inclusive deal,, like $10.00 per trade up to 50000 shares,,,, if your trade size is usually 1000 and under I dont think you are paying too much. But you can always ask for a better rate,

Boomer,,,,,,, Many firms are going the futures along with stock trading. If you live near the wall street area I would be willing to show you a great setup. The cost in relation to the facilities and the caliber traders are the best I have seen. If the traders are active,, he should pay no...

Great article. for those interested in a great analysis of the root causes of the bubble check out http://www.aei.org/eo/eo14460.htm

There is only one way to find out if the claims are true. during your trial compare to dow jones and see if the bloomberg is worth 1700 a month. if it is true and you do get news stories that are ahead of other services then it may be worth the cost to you. otherwise $1700.00 a month is better...