Any NYSE only traders left?

No, my order is still there- 100 shares at 346.06

You can see on time and sales
12:19:23 My 100 is the bid at 346.06 (I placed order 11:45)
12:22:03 Now there are 200 bid at 346.06
12:22:04 100 shares execute at 346.06 (but not my order)

Now the bid is 347.25

I'll call Fidelity back to complain again.
 
The story gets worse.
I got a fill of 100 shares of Y at 346.06 at 1:36 PM.

I checked Time and Sales- There is only one trade at 1:36PM - 100 shares at 345.01. My execution at 346.06 does not appear.

Citadel must have shorted it to me. But don't they have to show the trade on Time and Sales? Shouldn't I get price improvement to 345.01??

I called Fidelity to complain again. Their help desk guy is trying to be helpful, but doesn't understand anything about price improvement. He's trying to convince me I got a good execution because the asked price at that time was higher at the time. :p

Looks like I have to change brokers- at least for illiquid stocks.
I bought Y in my IRA for long term investment, not for trading, but I still don't like to get hosed on executions.
 
I trade 100% Listed about 3 million shares/month...
Strategy = Relative Value Arbitrage

Due to all the changes in the last year:

(1) My volume is higher and trading is more profitable.

(2) Liquidity has improved... quite apart from the extra volume caused by volatile markets.

(3) There are more players...
Such as every medium to large size broker is getting into the Market Making game.

As in poker...
If you are in the Top 2% in skill...
The more players the better.

Even the more sophisticated players like IB help me... by increasing liquidity.
 
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