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    NYSE executions

    using a market short in GYI on 30k shares would not be advisable. Piece it out and let the mooks nx a 1k shares at a time believing their going to create the 3 cent bounce they want or use the ecn's, hide your size, and collect the rebate.
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    NYSE executions

    a sho stock does not require an uptick to short. you can obtain the list of such stocks on the nyse's website. you can always cancel an order, but if the specialist has already paired it, he/she most likely will fill all or part of the order. Its basically up to the spec to honor the cancel.
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    NYSE executions

    a market short order on a non sho stock will be in the open book on the plus tick stepping down until the order is filled. In a sho stock it will fill like any other sell market order. LIKE SHIT! Though on a stock that trades 15million you probably will be fine. Use the ecns and...
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    where is the SEC ?

    The fact that HCA was in talks was public knowledge albeit with the WSJ reporting the deal was dead. Some people took a shot that it wasn't, some others tape read that buying in the stock and the options and jumped in. You don't have to be in the know to catch a buyout. You just have to pay...
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    Health Insurance

    In nyc I found atlantis health care. Under $300 / month for a single. Its cheaper than the cost offered by UNH that my firm gets. check it out It is actually cheaper than my cobra payments were from Madison. www.atlantishp.com
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    Zone Trading/ Kershner Trading?

    She shouldn't be telling you anything about other traders profits and commision rates. That should only be discussed by the traders themselves. Thats why you go in and interview and try to talk to as many people as possible. The only thing she should discuss with you is a possible rate for...
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    Do Et people play music while trading?

    I use launchcast on Yahoo for my trading music.
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    Generic Trading?

    both in new york. The worst thing that happened was the delay in getting my licensed released.
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    Generic Trading?

    I worked for two different generic firms between april '03 and july '05. This was a policy at neither firm.
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    Trader Monthly magazine ?

    http://www.tradermonthly.com/ you can subscribe for free as a trader
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    GM stock moves up on Accounting change

    Why did this stock move on this news? Nothing fundamentally changed, the cash flow left to service debt is exactly the same.
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    NYSE hybrid update

    I am usually trade in stocks that have 5 million or less in volume a day and are in the news or have earnings. Today I was in FIC, BLL, ZMH and HOT most of the day.
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    NYSE hybrid update

    I will say that I have also seen a large increase in size orders being placed 10 to 20 cents through the bid or offer on a regular basis. It almost like a vicious cycle, specialists are filling worse, so the orders getting placed in a wider range and contribute to the specialist chopping up...
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    NYSE hybrid update

    I would agree that my fills are horrible lately, I also read in the article that the fill rate is quicker, but I seem to wait forever on market orders lately. GAtrader your style of trading may not have been affected but I know plenty of folks styles of trading have been adversly impacted...
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    HLV Stock picked up by pumpers and dumpers

    If the agreement says they can wait 30 days, their going to wait till the last day to collect every penny of interest they can. to take it further, in a lot of cases a business takes their deposits and put a bulk of it short term products, so they need the lead time to make sure they have the...
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    Shorting on downticks (2/2/06)

    Thats exactly why there are different type of accounts.
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    What If You Lose A Fortune?

    how do you have 4000 posts and not know what prop firm leverage is?
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    What If You Lose A Fortune?

    every prop operates at somewhere between 75 and 100 to 1 intraday. Thats why you have to get licensed. depending on your track record most places do not let you put up your whole BP to one side (long or short), but theres plenty of exceptions. overnights are a different story. between 4 and...
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    What If You Lose A Fortune?

    No I am talking about prop firms in the equity trading business, just as the thread started out.
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    What If You Lose A Fortune?

    at 100:1 thats $500k. exactly what do you consider size? too many people have become obsessed with volume when they should be obsessed with profit.
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