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So it is possible like I said, you put your bid in, the specialist already decided to print the seller he had at .39, and had no shares to fill your order, and from that point went up. It doesn't matter that your order was there for 30 seconda, cause he could've decied the other orders fill 15...

No, cause I've had market orders held for two minutes in stocks that I've traded. He may know where he's gonna fill you immediately, but he doesn't report or show the trade on the tape until he's ready. That's the point I'm trying to make, if the order that he had was already pre-determined...

NASDAQ is going to become like the NYSE. One level of wuote cause the specialist is gonna control it!!! The specialist knows where the buyer is, and he will do anything to make you think the stock is going one way, when he's accumulating stock to take it the other way. It's great, you guys...

You're wrong, if the specialist already pre-determined that the stock he has in hand is gonna fill at a certain price, and he already has enough to fill, your limit doesn't matter because he doesn't have the shares to fill you. Plus limit orders are the last to get filled. Specialists don't...

So true, so true, the cornholing part. If you piss off the specialist or get on the wrong side ofhim, oh boy, teh corn hole will hurt bad, in some stocks!!!!

You can't let these posts scare you. For all the negative's on NYSE there alot of positives. There are just as many negatives on NASDAQ as there are with NYSE. For example the spreads tend to be smaller on the NYSE, the screw jobs aren't as bad, you get a better feel for the move cause you...

The average commission rate for new traders these days is around 1.2 cents a share, and 4 to 5 cents on bullets, with no tickets. You want make sure that you're gonna get hands on training. Don't sign any lock up agreements, if you do that then you'll have no bargaining power during your...

Forget any day trading firm that offers courses. You can read all the books in the world, but unless you have someone who goes over your trades daily after the close in the beginning, you'll never learn the nuances of each stock, and how they react to different trading strategies. I can...

Give it some time, they only got their rights in the last 50 years. Once the old mentality generation dies off, about what woman roles should be, you'll see women becoming the next Bill Gates. Look at Carly Fiorini, Marth Stewart, The woman from Ebay, whitman I believe, always forget her name...

The AMEX also has a direct plus system that is similar to the NYSE NX. So you can hit the bids and offers instantly.

I hear the OTC traders in my firm complaining alot about the specialist on the AMEX. But now they know how us listed traders feel when getting screwed by the NYSE specialist. But I've also heard that some of these specialists aren't that good and tend to present a crossed market opportunities...

I have traded with women before, and they tend to make better traders in a different repsect. They tend to listen when you train them better then men, they take less risk, which make them more consistent traders. Men's testastorone starts to run and they think they are god's and know...

I disagree, cause I have gotten good fills back before, and the specialist cannot make a decision based on whether or not the order is in or out of your favor. He has the spotlight on him at that point and has to make good, whether or not it's in or out of his favor.

Do you know of people who hit the Boston or Phili exchanges with their order executions? If so, how do they route there order to those exchanges? Do the clearing firms have direct lines, or is there an ECN that maybe I'm overlooking?

The 1.2 cents you got is not a bad deal for a new trader in a firm that's gonna offer you hands on training. You should pay somewhere in the neighborhood of 4 to 5 cents for bullets. It's better to pay the higher commissions and get training, rather then sit around and get none, or pay up...

The clearing firm I use let's me hit some of those out of market quotes with BRUT, or some ofthe ECN's if they are posting. But then there are quotes that the NYSE is showing as out of market on AT Financial, but it's no where to be found on level II.

In order to avoid getting the stock at the price you wanted and having it move against by the time you get the fill corrected, let your clearing firm know to check the price of the stock when the floor comes back to them and says they were right. Usually they have a chance not to except the...

I wish we had access to those other exchanges. We would be able to clear out the bids and offers that stand in our way. The specialist seem to use those other exhanges to get in our way, so we can't NX into trades. If anyone's firm gets access to those exchanges let me know, I would love to...

But I would complain anyway, cause you never know what the outcome will be. Next time you encounter a situation like this, complain immediately and don't wait. They take it more seriously, and there is a bigger chance you'll get a trade correction, if you do it within a few minutes of the...

It is possible for the specialist to have filled others and not you. What could've happened is that the specialist already had market orders to sell, which would take priority over you. So if you put the bid in after he had decided where to fill everyone, he doesn't have to fill a limit order...