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...which would imply the commisson business is still more viable. I'm asking why maverick thinks the commissions biz is done and the hedge fund model is in when they are really the same thing.

I'm not arguing with you, I'm just kinda curious as to why you believe the commission business is dead. In both models really the trader is doing the same thing... trading. So I'm not really sure what the difference is by charging him commissions or by charging him a % of profits like a...

Say stocks that do ~ 100 to 200 k shares a day

int CMySession::OnGotQuoteNoii(GTNoii *pRcd) ... I've tried everything but I can't get this to work.

Can I ask you this... not to be a jerk. But have you had any success doing this type of strategy?

If you are playing this game... Is this possible without a co located server just running from a standard cable internet connection to expect to produce a profit?

where can I get a list of change codes and what they mean. I see the exchange codes Z, T...etc. I have no idea which exchange the correspond to Thanks

I see on the level 2 there is EDGA and EDGAb (which stand for book) what's the difference?

I've never traded options but I'm interested in market making as I'm able to do this in equities. What I have learned is that margins are very very thin and you need a firm that let's you trade a cost and makes their $ off of a % of profit. Does this type of firm exist? If so recommendations?

Basically what I Want is to see the # of shared that are bid or offered for each specific ecn. I want to access this through the API. I see they have the following books available. Arca edgx edga and bats. Do they not have nqbx? Or nsdq?

what is STP?

you sure about that?

Is it possible on sterling to see the depth of the book and how many shares are on each specific exchange? If so... how do you access that through the API? Thanks Private Sub OnSTIBookUpdateMsg(ByRef structSTIBookUpdate As SterlingLib.structSTIBookUpdate) Dim BBid As...

You know what I find interesting. If you look at book values of stocks you'll find that they are "overpriced". However if you look at the book value of low income housing you'll realize it is at an extreme discount. Houses will sell for 30-40 k. In order to build these houses will need...

what firm is that?

what I mean by that is who has the greatest # of posts / day

unless you are doing subsecond arb it makes no difference. If you are talking about equities in my opinion all things equal BATS is the best way to go

that's what the specialist use to do when 2 institutions wanted to do the same direction. You'd see 2000 shares at .50 immediately followed by another 2000 shares at .50 for example

I wouldn't be that worried. If you're thinking of it, someone else is too

Genesis says you can have up to 200 quotes over the internet. I have been using the API and I notice especially today the quotes have been lagging, disconnecting if you are trying to access > 50 stocks Anyone else notice this problem? I'm thinking of changing.