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Can you tell me exactly what they do when they do this program trading?

OK.. I know about the 30 companies and supply and demand will move stocks up or down but how can those 30 companies be like doing nothing for 10 minutes or so and then suddenly, as if someone pushed a button, those 30 stocks move 100 points in a matter of minutes..I can't belive that suddenly...

OK but I watch mostly all day and it moves so fast and then suddenly it all stops for a minute or two...As if they are re-setting the slot machines. :) I wish I knew exactly what makes the DJIA move 50 or more points in either direction in just minutes. What are they doing and who are they?

What exactly did the fed to to bail out the market? I mean, were they buying stocks or what? I'm trying to understand how the market works and moves. And they say the fed provided money to banks or provided liquidity??..What exactly does that mean? Armored trucks left the fed filled with...

within 5-6minutes it is all the way down from 130 to down to only around 85. Who moves the Dow Jones so fast?..Is it a bunch of people sitting at computers on the floor of the stock exchange pushing buttons or what? How can the Dow Jones moves from one extreme to another extreme in a matter...

Thanks for all the suggestions. And those links are just great. And FREE. Thank you for providing them. Just awesome.

You're correct I don't have a futures account as I have only experience in stock options and when I wanted to bet on the direction of the market I would just use the OEX options.. Can you or anyone else here recommend a good way for me to learn about futures and the E-mini options you...

Thanks for the thorough explanation.

Friday I was looking to buy some puts as I felt the market might go down more. I first looked at OEX options as I use to see them many years ago be very active....But when I looked it seemed to me that there was hardly any action in them...Why is that? Then I looked at options on the...

I watch live streaming quotes of a watch list set of stocks at my account at optionsxpress....All the prices will be flashing and at times the speed really picks up as the market moves one way or the other. But then at times, it seems as if someone put the brakes on the entire stock market and...

As news emerged Friday that American Home Mortgage would file for bankruptcy, it was revealed that founder Michael Strauss sold almost $3.5 million in company stock the day before employees found out they'd be losing their jobs. The information came late Friday in a Securities and Exchange...

To tneub I just kind of stumbled on to this thread and must tell you that if you keep the ambition and attitude that you have, you will be very successful. I'm a small time options trader and just recently took an interest in real estate when a house came on the market in my neighborhood...

I'm a lurker here but felt I must tell you that I am sure I am not the only one here who lurks and appreciates the things you've posted regarding stocks. It seems the day after you said to buy apple the at&t earnings thing hit with the dow down a lot and then again today, after apple posted blow...

Wonderful! Thank you!

Hello, I live out on the east end but not in the Hamptons. A neighbor of mine sells real estate in the Southampton area and she told me just the other day that some buyers are coming back for high end homes. I'm in the Riverhead area and houses that would have been snatched up during the...

Is there either a free or pay website that has up to the minute listings of Insider Transactions on stocks? Yahoo finance doesn't seem to be very up to date on their Insider Transactions.