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+ from 1200.75 :)

Filled, made a point... That was exciting :)

placed order to sell my 1 lot at 1217.75

I bot 1 at 1216.75 :) for shits and giggles and to put my money where others mouths are. I believe I entered a trailing stop in as well, although I am still not 100% clear on how it works with IB's GUI.

Do a search on this site. You will find a thread. I was doing for a while. From what I rember you have to turn on iterations and do a bunch of if/then statements. The problem I found was that turning on iterations while handling a lot of symbols/mkt data and usng the sheet to launch trades via...

I admit it. I played the last 2 nights. :) A nice 6 handle pop on the minis last night and 2 handles the night before. I should quite while I am ahead....

Sorry, brain fart here. I thought you were talking about the previous discussion on executions.

I have no idea what you are saying. Please elaborate.

I was thinking about playing with one of these yesterday. What kind of problems did you run into? I have never traded stocks like this. I see the mkt is like 5k to 10k up per price tier, did you buy the offer and there was nobody there to replenish? Were you faded?

Wow, and they have quite a few good pics if you search for keyword "thong" as well.

The CBOE won't let anyone take pictures on the floor unless they have a press pass. I'm sure most of the exchanges have the same rule. But people still take them, just run after you do it... :)

a lot of ETFs will only trade in 100 share lots

Yes, I forgot to mention that the NAV on the websites are the same as the ETF price as well, but what I am saying is that I am taking the weightings from AMEX.com and Holders.com and calculating them myself in a spreadsheet, and I am getting a number that looks about $2 less after dividing by...

I am calculating the NAV of the SWH ETF and I am getting a NAV of about 33.80 while the ETF is trading at 35.80. I have double checked the weighting and everything seems correct. Does anyone have any insight on this? The index quote I am getting through Tradestation ($XWH.X) is also trading...

No BS- Someone spit a hoccer across the SPX pit and it landed in a broker's mouth as he went to yell out an order. I believe the recepient of the hocker was the intended target, so it worked out quite well. It was also fun to place the pickels from Finkel's sandwiches in the pockets of...

They are owned by Fortis. I know a couple of traders from the Chicago office and they like it.

I worked at the Merc for about a year in the SPU & SPU options. From the stories I heard the guy who payed 10k got ripped off pretty damn bad. :) I heard several stories of runners/clerks offering thier services and I recall somebody getting caught in the restroom too...

Speaking of interviews, I was working on the CBOE floor for about 4 months as a SPU clerk on a headset (I was about 19) and I was "interviewing" for a position as a clerk for a broker in the SPX. When the company's owner took me out to the SPX to meet the main broker, they were asking me a bunch...

I think those were topless waitresses for some charity golf outing or something. I remember the chaos too :)

I participated in many a bag o bucks in the SPX and the OEX without winning a damn cent. The girl clerk/runner that collected the $ usually walked away with 10% or so. I remember one time a girl drew her boss's name form the bag and there was nearly a riot.... Other CBOE fun: Pie in the...