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mjt, GQ worked great today, no freezing at all. However, I did the short-when-I-wanted-to-buy thing again. Gotta get the keys down cold... Did you trade today with Graybox? Any quote problems? Speedracer, I'm a part-time trader and nowhere near ready to trade full-time. I did try...

Notice I only said it looks good "recently." I've experienced freezes many times since I started with them in Dec. 2000. "Many" does mean less than, oh, 20, though. Sometimes I can't even login to their website. The last 3 or 4 weeks have been pretty smooth. I stay with them because I trade...

Looks good to me recently, although I haven't used it much since I'm trying to learn and use Graybox. Like you, I keep it up in the background just in case Graybox crashes.

You got a margin call? Sounds like Graybox doesn't check whether you have enough buying power before sending out an order. That's not good. I thought Graybox -was- the greener-looking grass! I split half my account from Tradescape to try out Hold Brothers. When Graybox breaks, I trade with...

1500 JNPR?? :eek: Did you make a profit? :) On 2.4.2, click the second button on the toolbar under the menubar to bring up a dialog box and then click on Reset Connection. The older version has the same button, but I'm not sure if it brings up the same dialog. In that version you can right...

mjt, Yes, I'm keeping it on RQ the whole time. How were your quotes today? Did you use GQ? Did you try out Blasting or Smart Orders? Speedracer, With ALT 1, the maximum quantity in the Trading Options dialog is ignored, right? So you can buy more than you really want? The programmers...

My quotes were solid today. There's an option in the Setup/Server dialog that lets you choose Graybox Quotes (GQ) or RealTick Quotes (RQ). At first, the tech support said I had to use GQ to trade NASDAQ and RQ to trade NYSE and AMEX. I thought that was ridiculous and tried sending a Smart Order...

mjt, Whoa! I was rereading your post and thinking "hmmm, this reads differently from when I first read it 30 minutes ago" and suddenly realized that you edited it. I thought I had gone crazy... Yes, Blasting is restricted as you describe. Most of Graybox's specialized order entry functions...

mjt, I've been discussing something similar to what you want on other threads here. I had thought at first that Graybox can't do what we want, but that's because its manual is unclear. However, there's a new 2.4.2 version now that has a slightly rewritten manual that explains how to grab...

Well, when you add a new contract like "JNPR S USD BEST_ECN" the bid and ask prices are for BEST_ECN route which I assume should be the best bid and best ask from available ECNs. So, when I say I bid 40.02 or 40.03 over 40 ask, the 40 ask is the one displayed on the BEST_ECN line. Ah...

fleance, In the cases when I don't get the fill I think the main reason is because the quotes are slightly behind and someone has already taken the stock at that level.. There have definately been situations where, say the ask is 40.00 and I bid 40.02 and I don't get a fill and the order...

El Cazador, Were there ECNs on the offer at the time? If not, it will, according to jperl, send out a SOES order, and since JNPR was bottoming, you most likely won't be at the head of the queue. With my ideal Smart Order I'd send an order at 40.10 or 40.20 to try to hit any ECN between...

jperl, BEST probably saw ARCA on the inside and tried to hit it; it won't first determine if a stock is moving fast, although that's an interesting idea. Does Tony Oz's book really say you have to wait for an execution with no way to cancel, or are those your words? I've hardly used the full...

jperl, Graybox's Smart Order is programmable; list which third parties you want to try in order from top to bottom. I put in all the ECN's (ISLD 1st, then ARCA, REDI, INCA and the rest) plus throw in SOES as a last resort. I wait less than 5 seconds to see if I'm at the head of the SOES...

Why would no pro trader recommend this type of order execution? I don't want to click on an ECN in my Level II and then click on a Buy button or remember the keystrokes to hit a particular ECN at a particular price; that's too slow (at least for me)! I just want to press the same few keys most...

Speedracer, I've programmed the Smart Order for ECNs and SOES, but it and all of the individual ECN and SOES (except Limit) order types only try to hit the inside. That's why it's great if they can combine the Smart Order with Swipe. With ALT-1 and CTRL-0, don't you sometimes get more...

mjt, Re: REDI not showing on Level II. You have to right click on the Level II window, select ECN Books and set REDI, ARCA, and BRUT to None (do you notice that ARCA and BRUT don't show up either?). INCA defaults to None already. I don't know why we have to do this. Probably a bug. Also...

mjt, Which functions of Graybox are working on your 2nd computer that weren't working on your 1st computer? Maybe I can get more functions working by reinstalling or installing on a 2nd computer. Thanks.

Speedracer, How long has Graybox been around? They told me ARCA and Redi are fill or kill only. ARCA has a feature where if you enter a short at or below the bid on a downtick, it will post an offer 1 cent above the bid and trail the bid down until your limit is hit or your offer gets...

mjt, I've been with Hold Brothers for about 2 weeks. Remote traders are like second class citizens to them: * I talked to their support people and they said that only the ISLD book is available right now, although they're working to provide the other books. Onsite traders have all the...