Market Makers
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1. First make a distinction between a specialist and a market maker.
2 He can be short against a core long inventory posture. In fact several times a day.
3. Not all NYSE transactions are on the tape.
4 Intra-day highs and lows are where he puts on the brakes.
5. He of course opens the stock. Thrives on ALIBIS. In theory to clean out the most open orders. The proverbial fair and orderly market. Gaps (up or down) are as he moves away from his basis. A gap can clean out a lot of stock with the flick of the wrist. Multiply the total # outstanding by a simple 25 cent gap to see the magnitude.
The open is the ONE price point that all willing participants "get". This leads to amateur hour.
6. Not all transactions are at the prevailing price. Negotiated blocks with concessions. Blocks are consulted with the ax for depth of the book before they're ever worked. Working is where the retail investor/trader plays A role.
7. A cluster of blocks is often the boundary to a swing move.
8. Commonsense would dictate he'd have MORE inventory as a dividend is paid. Many insititutions also trade for dividend capture.
9. IF I had a daughter, I'd want her to marry a specialist.
10. PG has A specialist and market makers (regionals and any wire house, say GSCO that has a large pressing order---on brief occasions, "the ax" ). The former is the kingpin.
11. Specialists have been exempt from Fed Regs T and U since 1949 (after 15 years of lobbying). Ushered in the 1949-1966 secular bull. Puts many arrows in their quiver. 20 to 1 leverage is just one whereas a pattern day trader gets 4 to 1 + SMA
1. First make a distinction between a specialist and a market maker.
2 He can be short against a core long inventory posture. In fact several times a day.
3. Not all NYSE transactions are on the tape.
4 Intra-day highs and lows are where he puts on the brakes.
5. He of course opens the stock. Thrives on ALIBIS. In theory to clean out the most open orders. The proverbial fair and orderly market. Gaps (up or down) are as he moves away from his basis. A gap can clean out a lot of stock with the flick of the wrist. Multiply the total # outstanding by a simple 25 cent gap to see the magnitude.
The open is the ONE price point that all willing participants "get". This leads to amateur hour.
6. Not all transactions are at the prevailing price. Negotiated blocks with concessions. Blocks are consulted with the ax for depth of the book before they're ever worked. Working is where the retail investor/trader plays A role.
7. A cluster of blocks is often the boundary to a swing move.
8. Commonsense would dictate he'd have MORE inventory as a dividend is paid. Many insititutions also trade for dividend capture.
9. IF I had a daughter, I'd want her to marry a specialist.
10. PG has A specialist and market makers (regionals and any wire house, say GSCO that has a large pressing order---on brief occasions, "the ax" ). The former is the kingpin.
11. Specialists have been exempt from Fed Regs T and U since 1949 (after 15 years of lobbying). Ushered in the 1949-1966 secular bull. Puts many arrows in their quiver. 20 to 1 leverage is just one whereas a pattern day trader gets 4 to 1 + SMA
Golly!
Yep decimalization has just RAVAGED the biz. And those damn ECN's keep carving off more biz. Afterall, retail is the lifeblood.
Pssst, you don't even know WHO your enemies are, do ya?
Tell me, which story do you like better?:
1. Lil' Bo Beep
2. Johnny Appleseed
I'll wait for your answer, but not necessarily on the edge of my chair.
Oh one more thing. WHat the hell are we gonna do IF they ALL simply go out of business?
Yep decimalization has just RAVAGED the biz. And those damn ECN's keep carving off more biz. Afterall, retail is the lifeblood.
Pssst, you don't even know WHO your enemies are, do ya?
Tell me, which story do you like better?:
1. Lil' Bo Beep
2. Johnny Appleseed
I'll wait for your answer, but not necessarily on the edge of my chair.
Oh one more thing. WHat the hell are we gonna do IF they ALL simply go out of business?
I think you may have missed the point. Besides tongue in cheek toward their demise, retail, direct retail, is a sliver of the entire scenario. In some cases, a nusance.
70% of NYSE volume is program trading. For the most part indiscriminate. Most ownership of the floating supply is institutional. The majority of aggregate outstanding doesn't float. Pensions, insurance companies, mutual funds and 401-K's. The last quite passive.
Everyone's screen? You mean we "all" play with cards face out? What a wonderful world. In harmony. Kinda makes ya wanna hold hands.
Lastly, as for nusances, a little hint from Hattie, odd lots virtually always fill FIRST. Ax wants them off the BOOK. Combines to arrive at round lots. Comes in handy when you want out.