Is my broker's favorite market maker looking at my keystrokes?
- Thread starter Cabin111
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Nevermind it being a question of being "allowed", but rather even being possible. The answer is a resounding NO.
Market makers definitely know what I'm doing. I can hear them giggling in the background. "Okay, OA just bought." "Let's drop the price 20%...Heh..heh..." At least, it seems that way! 
is it out of the realm of possibility absoutely not. websites and your phone keep track every click and your phone even knows where your eyeballs are looking so especially when you click a button they know depending on what type of ordr it is and where it resides!
Your question is absolutely a good one.
are these orders on the clob?
are they on a companies server?
are they on your computer?
what kind of orders are they?
all of these are factors but in my experience if they are filling 70 % of all orders and they being the hft or if they are internalized at your broker if nto futures this is possible then you must understand that most likely they are filling your order and in a nano second they are placing trades against you because they know they filled you before even you do. do you understand
that the time it takes your computer to even draw the fact that you are filled on your screen is slower than the hft making and cancelling orders against you and the set of orders they filled with you at that same instant?
While they may not have money and time and tech invested into what you click if they are fillin gyou then rest assured they know they filled you about a the equivalent of a month in algo to human time before you even realize or understand you are filled.
Make sense now?
Your question is absolutely a good one.
are these orders on the clob?
are they on a companies server?
are they on your computer?
what kind of orders are they?
all of these are factors but in my experience if they are filling 70 % of all orders and they being the hft or if they are internalized at your broker if nto futures this is possible then you must understand that most likely they are filling your order and in a nano second they are placing trades against you because they know they filled you before even you do. do you understand
that the time it takes your computer to even draw the fact that you are filled on your screen is slower than the hft making and cancelling orders against you and the set of orders they filled with you at that same instant?
While they may not have money and time and tech invested into what you click if they are fillin gyou then rest assured they know they filled you about a the equivalent of a month in algo to human time before you even realize or understand you are filled.
Make sense now?