Quote from zdreg:
u are showing lack of self control. . it won't enhance your trading results or your request for info.
Quote from Specterx:
I don't trade equities regularly so maybe some of you guys could enlighten me.
When I do place the odd buy or sell for a stock, it's very common that I can place a limit order to buy at the offer (or sell at the bid) without being filled, until "something" changes or I go outside the spread. Likewise, when posting a higher bid or lower offer, the order doesn't just show up as the new best bid/offer like it would on Globex.
I always thought this was just regular behavior in stocks, because the MM/Specialist controls which orders are displayed, and moreover can choose to fill you or not (or for a market order, can choose to fill you at whatever price he wants) based on the overall order flow - even if you match his price, so long as he's "maintaining a fair and orderly market." Am I wrong on this?
Either way, it's just one more reason to trade futures...
Quote from total_keops:
You did not read the whole post. The OP said that limits also dont get filled.
It's as if slippage is increasing when we should have a more efficient market!
Quote from Tide31:
Spec, most of us would probably agree, never to send orders to the NYSE. Most of these orders end up in the electronic book, but some can still be held by specialist. Also, if you leave a limit order on the NYSE book for more than 5 min, there is a large fee relative to ECN, where you would actually receive a rebate for an order left on book. The difference is .0123 cents. ARCA specifically I have found to be the most liquid and offers the best rebates.
Actually, I think the NYSE now offers a .001 rebate too, so difference would be .01 charge after 5 min + .001 rebate + .0023 ARCA rebate. So difference would be .0113, if you want to get technical. These differences add up, why not save a penny when u can!