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Hi , Apologies if this has been asked before but was wondering something about LMT orders. I see many times someone is " Buying the Ask" or Selling the bid. Now normally I know you buy the bid and sell the ask. What is the benefit or reason why someone would want to buy the ask or sell the bid?

Hi, I know this is a basic question but hoping someone can help. When You place LMT Buy order for say 100 shares I understand that it will appear on the book/ L2 on the Bid side However when you are trying to short a stock (and dont own any shares). say you want to sell 100 LMT, does that...

Hi All, Trying to get some ideas of how to screen for stocks that people trade for the late afternoon session est? I know how I screen for gaps in the morning looking for day trades but how do you find stocks that "might" run during the late afternoon session?

Looking at the M1 chart.

Just curious to learn about others entry signal. Seems there are lots of good ideas and strategies but having a hard time figuring out what is a signal "rule" when working on small timeframes and scalping. What are your thoughts?

As I understand it delta looks at market orders, but doesnt a limit order turn into a market order when it goes through or does volume delta only count orders executed as mkt?

Hi, Been doing a lot of reading and searching but having a hard time finding a basic answer to some questions about market delta in general and was hoping someone could give me some insight. 1. I am trying to understand the "logic" or the "story" of how there can be a Divergence within a bar...

Could you explain a but more on how this would work. Overall im just looking for some mechanical methodology to help increase my ability to identify when the momentum has been building up in the flag

Well, I see where your coming from, your suggesting to buy the break of the high/low of the poll for confirmation? How about in situations where its more of a pennant? The issue with buying the high of the pole, is in essence your buying the breakout portion (i.e the high) which I believe to be...

Well I never know whether to use 3 or 4 bars etc. After the pole is identified, I draw a line from the low of pole to the low of the next candlestick and then wait for the break of the trend line. However Im not sure how many bars I would need to wait for ? Is there no technical indicator that...

Hi all, Hoping someone can help me out, as Im having a problem coming up with a technical solution to trading flags. I am able to identify flag pole and the flag beginning to form, however Im trying to find a technical indicator I can use to help me confirm when the "break" of the flag has been...