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    Commodity TRAKRS help

    Has anyone traded the CME DJAIG Commodity TRAKRS (SS) future contracts? How is the liquidity in these contracts? Thanks for your help & happy new year!! :)
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    Canadian election plays?

    Where is this Canada you speak of....??? :)
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    New Cross Account Margin Rules

    http://www.cboe.com/Institutional/MarginSummary.pdf Sorry if someone already posted this... I heard only one broker has signed up for this currently?? :)
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    Gld

    I own them in my IRA... so I hope they are OK... ;)
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    Arca Auction

    Have not used it lately... When ARCA open auction first came out... it was a total nightmare. Everyone was sending market orders as they might at the NYSE and everyone was raking them over the coals. Soon everyone was trying to do the ripping off instead of being the victim. Bids and...
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    TradeStation Cost?

    Trade Station pricing... The Trade Station website does not have the pricing for the product, can anyone tell me what they cost? (So I do not have to listen to a sales person) Thanks.... :)
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    Time and sales question

    It is a buy and a sale.... you need both to have a trade, so there is no reason to say "bought 100 at the ASK and sold 100 at the ASK" since you cannot buy unless someone sells. So you just say "it traded", "it printed", "it hit the tape", etc... :)
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    Time and sales question

    Time and sales prints the bid and ask.... (when there is a difference there is no trade) It also prints trades.... (when the buy and the sale are the same price) :)
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    Newbie question

    Willing to bet you got filled pre-market on an ECN. :)
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    When Level of Stock Hits.. order type?

    www.preferredtrade.com has option stops based on the equity price. :)
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    Does anyone *really* understand margin?

    http://www.cboe.com/tradtool/marginmanual2000.pdf Most brokers use the CBOE template for their own margin. :)
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    NYSE cancel at close question

    I think it is really more like this... It is likley that your broker turns its line off at 4:00pm EST. The exchange can receive cancellations past 4:00pm, but your broker (to make programming easier and order handling) likely turns off ability to route there at 4:00pm. This is why...
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    Stoploss and Stopbuy execution question.

    Depends on where the stop resides... your broker or the exchange or ECN... Brokers make their own rules... just ask them. Exchanges go off the last trade. ECNs can vary... but most use the bid ask since they may have a thinner OTC stock... Options almost always go off the bid or ask...
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    What are the worst stock exchanges for fills?

    The option exchanges have liquidity reports so you can see what exchange trades the most volume for which stock. The PCX or PHLX may be the best place to trade your particular stock.... even though (last I checked) they are coming in last on overall liquidity. :)
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    Margin Q??

    Are you a retail account? If so then you probably have a cash balance. If you never use margin then you are not charged interest. Cash in the account earns interest, investing with more than your cash costs you interest. :)
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    Nasdaq 1,2,3 letter sym

    November 14, 2005 Head Trader Alert #2005-133 - NASDAQ To Change Stock Symbol System, Effective January 31, 2007 (Alert #2005-133) Please Route To: Head Traders; Technical Contacts; Compliance Officers What you need to know: Effective January 31, 2007, NASDAQ will be able to...
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    NYSE Hybrid - June est.

    The NYSE Hybrid is supposed to be launched in June 06, if the SEC approves everything... Sounds like it will be a nice improvement on the old system. :)
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    stop orders do you use them

    If your heart rate changes when you enter a position, then you need a stop. Otherwise just keep an eye on it... :)
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    Margin Q??

    For a retail account there is no difference for long or short margin... It is possible there could be a difference since there is no rules that say this has to be the same that I am aware of, but I have never seen this calculated differently. Professional accounts may collect short...
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    Beware: Call writers must pay dividend

    I do not mean to sound harsh, but I am tired of everyone saying they need to be protected from themselves. Fast-food making you fat... do eat it. Option trading making you poor... trade something else or don't trade at all. Everyone claims they know everything about options when they are...
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