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    Traders' Commitments (from Barron's)...

    IMHO, the position that scares me the most is the net long on the large contract. More importantly, the huge squeeze for the upside traders that the hedge in the mini's suggests is mindboggling! Maybe below 750? HOLD ON TIGHT MINYANS!
  2. J

    Who thinks .05 increments work better ?

    The next time you have your bid at .75 or .50, and you don't get the print, why don't you move your bid up a couple of pennies? If you are missing stocks at the low of the day because of one penny, you are missing the big picture. Clearly you are making good picks, but you're executions are in...
  3. J

    phlx...

    If at all possible, do no twork for a PHLX firm! I used to, it is not worth it. First, if you are registered through the PHLX, and then you want to trade with a firm that is a memeber of NYSE, you have to go through a waiver process. This is because the NASD does not recognize PHLX as a "real...
  4. J

    How Come No Desks At Investment Banks?

    Just to clear things up....Every single bank on the street has traders working on their prop desk: Goldman, Merrill, Lehman, Bear, Morgan Stanley, Salomon, etc. 99.9% of the people on this board are not these traders. When you can move in and out of stocks with mega size (100K shares and up)...
  5. J

    Bvf!!!!!

    ...read the tape. He is getting long.
  6. J

    Bvf!!!!!

    ...The difference being, when the THC news came out, that stock tanked. Now that I have doen my due diligence, (thnaks bungrinder for the jump start) this news on Biovail came out yesterday, and it did not tank until mid-day today. This is a case of the Spec taking advantage off the lag...
  7. J

    Bvf!!!!!

    my whole firm is long at @ 29 (huge size)
  8. J

    Bvf!!!!!

    that's probably it.
  9. J

    Bvf!!!!!

    does anyone have any info concerning Biovail? I know the spec in this stock likes to ruin peoples lives, but other than that this thing is tanking? On my news feed, I only see positive news the last couple days.:eek:
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