Recent content by nodoubts

Hedge funds are trading the same tickers in both directions at the same time, both long and short. TA doesn't move stocks, market confidence does, so they are constantly working the direction of the overall market more than anything.

Okay. I didn't mention BRK, not sure what that reference is. Got it. Happy to answer any other questions that pop up.

What types of stocks do you trade (NYSE, NASDAQ,OTC), what price range, and what duration is your typical swing flip time, i/e trades/week?

ECNs get their shares from MMs. What kind of trading are you doing and what are your goals? Big money controls everything, MMs are part of that system.

I'm not sure why you're so interested in ECNs. What is your trading strategy and why would you want to pay an extra fee to a broker for orders you can trade for free on Robinhood, TD Ameritrade, Etrade, Fidelity, etc? What is your trading strategy, day trade, swing trade, or long hold? Since...

It's still all part of the same overall system, the shares still go through a MM, it's just that a private firm is then an additional layer brokering the trade for it's client. The ECN's get their shares from MMs. MMs have to underwrite any listed stock. No stock on the NYSE or NASDAQ, and even...

They are the Market Makers, they create and assign all the fills, both public and institutional trades. The market makers ARE HUGE INSTITUTIONS, (ARCA, CDEL, etc) - - -they have ALL the power. All public orders have to pass through market makers hands. Every transaction on the entire exchange is...

They have dozens and dozens of accounts in the same brokerage. It's how hedge funds operate, trading stocks in both direction at the same time. Trading shares laterally is just an extension of that. Remember, as MMs, they control fills, so they instantly can simultaneously fill orders from one...

If you want to gain knowledge, I'm happy to help de-mystify the market for you. You should decide whether to take anything I say seriously by asking am intelligent questions, then see if it holds up to scrutiny. Opinions, including mine, mean nothing, they're like a**holes, everybody has one...

What is the outcome you're after, to debate, discredit, or to learn craft?

I'm not sure what you're asking. I was trained and mentored by MMs and insiders, so not sure what your objective is. Mine is simply to help other traders achieve realistic, better outcomes by helping them understand how big money and stocks actually are manipulated and move. Anyone who wants...

Not sure if you're talking to me or someone else on that. I'm actually in New York City, where I've been swimming with the sharks for a long, long time. :) All kinds of girls here, naughty and nice, and plenty of them. The average dress size here is one of the lowest in the nation. Yumm!

No one is paying me to make comments, they are my own. No one is thinking for me. :)

Any strategy or combination of strategies can work, on a snap shot. A broken clock is right twice a day. Consistency breeds success. If there were any "sure fire" way to win all the time, those holes would have been plugged long ago. The market is designed to provide the occasional win, enough...

If you are not trusting your "system," then it is likely not producing consistent positive results, otherwise if something is working, there would be no temptation to tweak it when your green trades are consistently outperforming any red ones. Emotion is the only reason traders lose money, so...