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Yeah, this doesn't make sense. A Market order by definition should guarantee execution. Given that this was a short, and the close was on an uptick, it sure seems like you should have gotten the fill, even though shorts have a lower priority than straight sells. I'd definitely look into the...

Div Poacher, Just a suggestion, as I went through this train of thought myself a couple of years ago. Overlay a chart of any of your mutual funds with the overall market, SPX or SPY, or some other index that fund represents, and you'll notice that they look very familiar. In fact, the index...

I am a long-time retail futures trader who went prop at the beginning of this year. Before doing so, I read from front to back every single Trading Agreement I could get my hands on. Believe it or not, there are huge differences. In some cases, your liability may extend beyond your...

I don't know the answer to this, but I'd speculate that they are running this more like any CTA's hedge fund. On those, you typically pay 2% annually, plus 20% of any new profits. I'm curious if they take a cut of the profits in these new structures. That may be good for performance...

I think the only information you'll see is the size of the print on the T&S. I doubt that there's any way to tell who or how they did the order. You *might* be able to get the firm that it went through, but I suspect no more. I know of traders that have accidentally sent large orders into...

This is some speculation on my part, but here are some points to consider. This is an interesting question, and I'm throwing out ideas on both sides of the argument to see if other people have counter points or alternatives to think about. Why would the specialist or some other player show...

At $495, it's not cheap, but I'm told it's very comprehensive. Check out http://www.pairtrader.com/arb_info.html

I've heard some talk of a "liquidity quote" coming to the NYSE. Supposedly, these will include and large quotes from the crowd. My understanding is that the quotes from the crowd are not in the specialists book. Presumably, many of them are holding those quotes rather than giving them to...

Another thought is that what you are seeing are buyers and sellers crossing the market looking for entries. I often do this, and many times will cancel my order. (And often, the specialist will even let me out... :eek: ) So, you can imagine that a lot goes on in those 10 seconds between...

Curbs are values that are set quarterly that affect arbitrageurs and program traders. When curbs go into affect, those groups are not able to sell stocks on a downtick. This curtails their activity and would tend to slow down a market move. Can you profit from this? Well, you can certainly...

LOL! I'll take this as kidding. I think the thread speaks volumes, and I hope it's a helpful message to anyone thinking of using ARCA. I haven't used it in a long, long time, and I'll have to be forced to do so....

I agree. Also, you could set up a 3rd Party Directory list and include all of your commonly used ASCII ticker files. I do this for all of the S&P500. You have to set up each ticker only once when you create the list. Then when you select your stocks to view from your list, and you won't have...

There is one solution that many use to convert the data into XPO format: http://www.traders-soft.com/ts/hc/index.htm This is the only way that I know of doing it.

There are lots of different approaches and variations on this. You could add more stocks, but be aware of your envelope size. You don't want to enter 40 stocks and get filled on half some morning. How has your fill rate varied with envelope size versus the position of the S&P futures each...

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Don, For those of us not nearby, can you guys include a recap on your radio show that weekend? It'd be interesting to hear the highlights.

How about Denver...??

It's 8/10 ths of one percent. It's applied to each side, as in .008 above and .008 below the calculated fair opening price of the stock.

This thread has gotten way off the subject matter. Please try to keep this on the subject of TWS and start another thread for the other subjects. Trader.net is clearly selling something... please understand that this is not allowed on ET unless you are a sponsor. You'll need to contact...

Cathy, I'm just getting caught up on this thread. I've read a while back about the moving averages changing while you are in a bar, then they look different when you look at the whole chart at the end of the day. If you are using Tradestation, your indicators can be set to "update every...