Recent content by trador375

not to sidetrack us back to the topic that was brought up here but . . . does anybody notice that all the profitable categories vote in favor of the specialist staying, while the only caegory that votes against him is the one that loses money trading? just some food for thought . . .

the ability to hit isld and arca on a downtick to get short only applies to nasdaq stocks . . . sometimes you can get short on them when the specialist is being a bitch about letting you get short with a DOT order, but you'll still need either a plus tick isld or arca bid to hit or you'll need...

www.nasdaqtrader.com for ECN data on nasdaq stocks . . . as for listed, no idea . . .

i have traded with the lightspeed software and what you say is true . . . the execution system is top notch, but the charting is THE worst . . . it's almost like the charting is an afterthought on their software as if a 'real' trader doesn't need good charts . . . if charts are a big part of how...

firewalker put it best . . . bullets were a huge advantage on the NYSE . . . it is physically impossible to get short in the scenarios he described without them . . . they are more or less useless on the nasdaq and especially on the qqq which have no uptick rule . . . some traders' entire...