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Exactly sir. The option's exchanges are being set up more and more to benefit the 4 or 5 big firms that will remain standing- SLKHull, Knight, Susquehanna, maybe a few others. Market makers are leaving in record numbers. Exchange software is not up to date, and I have heard it is really bad...

I met someone who trades size in cash options at the CBOE pit for a large firm doing the {OEX/SPX/Futures} arbitrage, and I think the same thing on the NASDAQ side including the QQQ and whatever else these guys throw into the mix. I was told there is very, very little retail paper. As a...

I have floor trading experience and here is another opinion. I agree with the guy who says the ISE sucks. They don't often trade on their markets, but they are getting better as they take more market share from everyone else. They always faded, in the issues I traded. I was never filled...

I was in an office today that uses Watcher. It's very fast, hot key. There is a learning curve but the guys I know that use it will never go back to a mouse again. My understanding is Heartland has it, Broadway does or used to, and the firm aforementioned also has it. Hope this helps.

Wow! This aspiring trader is really something else. I just had to put in my 2 cents worth. Here is my suggestion about this series of messages. Consider this: You guys seem to be trying to help this guy. He's really not interested, very arrogant, and an asshole. In addition he's...

Hello all my first post: I need to comment in this thread. First, God I wish I was 20 again, and all pissed off. I work for Goldman now. But don't let me kid you, I wasn't hired by gs, our firm was acquired. Those of us who now work for Goldman feel very fortunate because we know, (from...