Great commentary...
Just one question:
How can you possibly describe the current situation as peace time!??
If you haven't noticed the US has been at war for the last 6 years...
DOTD routes to NYSE without checking NASDAQ book. The NYSE can reroute it.
Here's the RASH strategies guide from Nasdaq trader:
http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/content/ProductsServices/Trading/Workstation/rash_strategy.pdf
If you want an order that hits everything, try DOTA...
In order to have dark books you'll first need to have the possibility of executing at more than 1 venue... as long as all executions are centralized there's no room for dark books...
When trades are reported out of sequence, they have a flag that indicates that the trade might be out of sequence. You can filter this trades in most charting systems to avoid having an erroneous spike in your chart... By filtering out such trades in the tape you might lose some volume but at...
hence the name, bear market.
For the perma-bulls... the best advice I can offer is, when things are not going your way on the US stock market, go look for other markets that are bullish...
for example: commodities. or that etf that goes up when the Q's go down. :D
It's quiet simple. They let you risk $50 a day [or less] to start. If you have skills they'll throw money at you...
a single trader can do enough profit to cover 20 trainees... All they need to do is find that trader...
unto us a child is born,
unto us a son is given,
and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
and his name shall be called,
Wonderfull, Counceler, the Mighty God,
The Everlasting Father, and the Prince of Peace.
i just loved that Nixon video.... blaming speculators for what he and his corrupt buddies did to the USD... and to the world economy...
Watergate came too late...