Quote from robbie380:
and finally, there simply aren't that many trades that go off in the example you mentioned. i watch for those trades all day and they aren't as prevalent now as they were when hybrid first started. back then LRPs used to get hit pretty often...now not so much. just take the perspective that order flow is not a conspiracy and you will be better off.
Remember those first months when the buyer would actually take the last 50k of his 500k order and limit through 50 cents past an LRP level on New York to get filled... before all the enveloping and LRP boxes came in?
Quote from robbie380:
you are talking about reserve orders, right?
I'm saying when 50k displayed is holding the stock down and ecn buy program is accumulating 150,000 shares within two pennies of the offer the size will probably go.
can't get into specifics but that was good stuff.