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2 potential KCG trades -Shorting on bk rumors that a leaked by a reputable news agency(bloomberg, reuters). Uptick rule complicates things but you HAVE to chase -Short before the close betting on overnight no deal(at a premium) or bk filling 2nd one is more risky. I wish I knew more about...

Problem with these stops is that news algos can produce massive fakeouts on key market events. You could be right but endup getting caught in a fakeout

Where did you get this data?Its not matching google finance, current liabilities much higher there. or even yahoo finance for that matter

Payable to brokers, dealers and clearing organizations $438,103(Millions) http://www.zerohedge.com/news/scary-scary-knight-prime-brokers-start-pulling-cash

I made the same EXACT mistake. Thought their liquidity was fine, until I looked at the financials. Overall I find Yahoo data quite unreliable sometimes

Problem is the legal liabilities that company might face, the buyer might want to buy their stuff in bankruptcy instead of the whole thing

KCG has more than 4 times current liabilities than current assets. Short-term financing is critical for the company

Are these mental or physical stops?

Missed the short pre-market. Fuck the uptick rule

Forgot to reply to you. Key is to read a lot, there is no other way around it that I know. I started reading like crazy in late 2007, never stopped since. Usually around 3-4 hours a day of all kinds of blogs, newspapers, magazines etc. Some of that reading might not be useful if you don't...

I found this one, it is performing really well though http://uk.ishares.com/en/rc/products/IBCX/performance

The 2008/2009 crisis created an opportunity to buy IG or junk bonds at really cheap levels in the US. The EU crisis might create a similar opportunity in Europe. Dan Loeb seems to be jumping in on that...

I agree with this. Muddy reports might not be enough though. I'm still getting killed both on FSIN and to a smaller extend on FMCN even though they were already exposed. Government investigations are definitively a strong catalyst though UBNT might be under a informal SEC investigation right now

Aren't they a company that picks up garbage? :D

Now thats a true garbage index

Is there a website that lists all the ecns and exchanges along with their fees for taking and adding liquidity?

Sickening. I wanted to vomit all over my TWS this morning. Fucking brillant they have issues at the only time frame a broker is NEVER supposed to have problems, right after the open. How come this shit doesn't happen in the pre-market or mid day where nothing is happening

I choose the stock vs options because there is a decent chance the market will get scared at some point allowing me to cover at a profit at a point where I believe the spread more correctly prices the risks. OTM options don't give me that

Prime Minister says Nexen deal will be scrutinized, Calgary Herald reports :theflyonthewa How often do you see the president or prime minister mention M&A plays?I shorted some NXY after the often

I read they have something like 60 days to give the result with the option to extend for another 30 days. But this is for the Canada regulators, other countries might be different