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I'm trying to understand how order routing actually works on exchanges. Can any of you correct me in what I think I know so far: -The bid-ask spread is the price at which you can sell/buy instantly to/from a market maker. On highly liquid securities there are several market makers competing...

haha all of this is proving to be quite a bit more complex than i expected, very interesting though.

This makes sense..if you try to dump everything you get a horrible price that is probably lower than it would have crashed to anyway. & Its hard to believe that you can predict a market high 6 years down the line unless you have major insider connections.

Heres a scenario.. another 9/11 type of situation happens and of course just about everything crashes. So while nearly everyone is trying to dump their portfolios to escape the ensuing market crash, who the hell is buying? Shouldnt it be totally impossible to sell an asset that is obviously...

Does anyone know what exactly keeps the prices of the ES and the S&P so close to each other? If the price of the ES is determined solely by traders, wouldn't it stray away from the index's price?

I guess that's just going to require experience. How is it possible to trade without watching the news? It would just be ignoring a big part of why priced move.

Of course it requires some intelligence and dedication, but I doubt all traders are cliche geniuses.

I go to high school, and it seems that literally everybody there is crazy over Obama. Sometimes it seems like they don't even care about his policies. It's just trendy to support him. Are the T-shirts with Obama's face in gold and blue really necessary? Do the words "change" and "hope" really...

yeah that's my name :) So, I'm 16 years old and, not to sound arrogant, I think i have a high enough intelligence for this. So far I have opened accounts with Tradeking, Ameritrade, Tradestation, and IB. However, I never really made any money other than a lucky $100 from google stock. It...

Hey. I've just posted this looking for an insight on what to do. For over a year now, I have wanted to seriously pursue the idea of being a full-time trader. From the few trades i have done, I know that I would enjoy it. I also like the idea of being my own boss and using my intelligence and not...

Good, i got your attention. I'd like someone to please direct me to where i can find a complete list of securities and trading laws; everything. Like where it says in print that a pump-and dump scheme is illegal. I need the official government forms please. Thanks.

Ah, well then. It seems that I have been effectively disproven.

I guess I was a bit too bold, just contemplating the legitimacy of the hundreds of indicators out there.

lol just looking at how blank their site is tells me they have not had much luck. They could at least mention some kind of plan as to how they predict everything.

Ok. Perhaps TA might work if you can successfully gauge market and price conditions before a move. But wouldn't it seem impossible without taking news into account? You wouldn't know WHY a move is taking place, and just be in the dark.

You are correct, I am extremely inexperienced and probably among the youngest people on these boards. However, that is what we are trying to do, isn't it? (predict the future). We try to anticipate price movements to a reasonably accurate degree, and follow it there.

A chart in my opinion is the simplest practical way to plot a market's movement, beyond the point of one's own memory. Support and resistance coincide with economic news, as what we are really trying to predict are the actions of other people. But my main point is that simplicity is key, and it...

Hey. I have been deeply interested in technical analysis for a while, and have spent countless hours trying to find the right combination of indicators to predict the future. However, when you look at it from a legitimate economic standpoint, there is absolutely no reason for technical analysis...

what news provider do you use for research and such?

I forgot to add, im also using IB