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great story....please tell us the stock. my guess is Kohls (KSS)

true. i used a market order, but only because i didn't want others with open book to see the order i put in. if they had, buyers would've most definitely overwhelmelmed the 3300 (which they did anyway because he held the orders and froze everything for so long, helped along with the stops that...

thx...that's exactly what i was looking for and daniel...i can get someone here to do something, but they will just call SLK. since they are both our clearing firm, and possibly the one screwing me on the fill with their specialist arm, they certainly are not going to help. i've asked them to...

not talking about going through a clearing firm. SLK clearly doesn't give a shit about our fills, since they could very well be the specialist firm i'm complaining about! some of these guys are unbelievable.

there's definitely an edge in sentiment analaysis. for short term trades, you may wish to look into tick (day) , trin (swing), and mark cook's cumulative tick index (swing). vix is better for longer term trading.

not any more. 0.8 if over a million shares a month.

a lot of people on here are vastly underestimating the people on this board, talking like 50k is the cream of the crop. this board has a mixture of beginners, to the 1-3 year struggling trader, to the heavy hitters, and everything in between. there are good traders on here, and professionals...

this has to do with the ever growing percentage of the volume that stems from program trading - it was up around 40% of NYSE volume in the latest week - a massive amount.

didn't realize hold brothers started requiring capital down, and no longer offered a draw. my mistake.

hold brothers offers a draw, are actively hiring, and are not requiring capital down, while worldco is trimming staff and making everyone contribute capital. whoever answers this should qualify where they work, especially the andover people. (ETG here)

for all the bad mouthing of worldco, it says something that they can absorb a $30 million hit without missing a beat. how many other prop firms would be able to? at a minimum, that should alleviate some paranoia that they out to freeze your 5k or whatever. (i don't work for worldco, andover, or...

at least half the people that started 2-3 years ago have left. they learn how to trade, then jet for a better deal with higher payout. i for one, would be extremely reluctant to ever start a group, or even a prop firm. it's just not worth it. you teach people, then they leave for an extra...

to bmwstox, from hitman. sound like he'll post your numbers if he has to; Again, SOMEONE PLEASE POST THIS RESPONSE ON ET BOARD. Ok, you really are stupid. Do you really want me to embarrass you in front of this entire board? Most people that followed my work on those boards at least...

SIAC lines go down also, so don't expect flawless trading. ETG will probably be switching to it soon then. did they give you open book and indications yet?

i'll be the first of a long line of people that will post to tell you how terrible that deal is. the way people on here talk, they think anything worse than .8/share, 90% payout, and 2 cent bullets, is criminal. Nobody charges ticket costs (per stock) anymore. my payout is less than that...

i worked for thomsonfn.com and used their Autex service (another thomson company). you can subscribe directly to autex for 300/month i believe (the version that does not allow you to post messages). autex is a message system used between institutional brokers. the messages, or "Indications of...

i just started a subscription, a month ago, and used credit spreads on very small lots using his picks. i went 3 for 4 on his calls, and am happy with the service thus far. it's very cheap at $15 a month. basically, you play breakouts and breakdowns out of tight consolidations (for the most part...

here are the block transactions on friday: clearly a massive amount considering it did less than 400k shares. really, you need to determine which were purchases and sales by looking at time and sales. 10:06:13 10,000 March 10 puts at 1.40 10:07:51 10,000 May 15 calls at 2 10:08:10...

just started monitoring the block trade scanner on bloomberg, and there was roughly 70-100k in put volume, on friday. clearly somebody knew something.

if there is a large buyer in the crowd, in a thinner stock, the specialist will push the price up to where either there is another or seller, or to a price where his is willing to facilitate the order. he does this by posting a large bid (a whole number such as 10k, 20k) then stepping it up.