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I don't think you can use technical analysis/chart patterns to predict. 2c :p

All depends on how dumb the execution algos are. Lazy sales traders with TWAPs for example.

If you know flow is comming, you can front run it. Nothing wrong with that if based on public information.

An all-or-none market order? :confused:

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Price accurately. Quote fast. No charts or other useless distractions.

You don't necessarily have to pay the spread. And, as I understand it, on some US exchanges, being retail is gonna get you queue priority.

it's not the language, it's the mentality of the VB ppl. :p p.s. still a lot of shitty finance systems in vb6.

I'd almost bet that the next post is about flat txn costs.

Yeah .. We could get fancy, and talk about the top layers being thinner .. but one step at a time eh? :)

Average it. - Divide your qty by 5. - Layer 'em at 5.98, 6.00, 6.02, 6.04, 6.06 ..

Are you sure about that?

+1 Only useful post in this thread.

Because simulated trading does not affect the market, all trades are always fake. In the real world, your actions create reactions.

Mav, you're tapping a pretty low speed, low tech resource pool if you're looking specifically for VB .. What's the deal?

My contention is that no software is sold by successful traders.

So trade them LONG/SHORT. Come on Bowo, you're smarter than that. Ok. Perhaps you shouldn't trade pairs. ??? :confused: Didn't your CFA exam cover relative value analysis within a sector? Against like-peers & competitors?

Fair enough :) I was really just hoping to point out that 1 for 1 is almost never cash neutral.

You've got a short vol spread that's probably going to expire worthless, but if it is one tick wrong on the close, you get left with a load of stock. It's about the unexpected non-zero premium, and how not-riskless the estimated PnL should be booked. edit: Simple, right? :)

Sometimes less is more. "You need money to trade stocks. So you will have to either earn it yourself, or deal with employers or clients. The clients will be a nightmare if you can't deal with them. All your clients will pull their money out to buy gold and heating oil futures. The only one...