NYSE Direct +
NYSE Direct+ came out in February 2001 with the letter ¡§A¡¨ from the NYSE. Every week they added a few more symbols until the entire alphabet was done. NYSE Direct+ is electronic executions without any specialist interaction on the NYSE¡¦s quoted size at the bid or offer. Direct+ is only available on NYSE stocks. It¡¦s kind of like SOES but for NYSE stocks only. The conditions that must exist for a NYSE Direct+ execution is: The NYSE quote must be over 100 shares on the bid or offer. That means, 200 shares or bigger must be showing and then Direct+ works on that side of the market. If 100 shares are quoted NYSE Direct+ does not work on that side of the market. The sent order is good from 100 shares to 1099 shares and must be a limit order. Partial fills up to a maximum of 1099 shares can also be filled with Direct+ with the remaining being DOT depending on what¡¦s quoted. If you try to NYSE Direct+ an order that is over 1099 shares, then the order is automatically DOT.
Also, the order has to be sent in the same stock and on the same side of the market in intervals greater than 30 seconds. NYSE Direct + is suspended one minute prior to the close, trading halts, or non-firm quotes. NYSE Direct+ orders are annotated on time & sales by your data vendor as: ¡§NX¡¨, ¡§e¡¨, ¡§auto¡¨, or ¡§+¡¨. Some vendor annotations may not be listed. If your not filled immediately then either somebody else NYSE Direct+ the order before you or the specialist was in the process of changing the quote. Remember, once an order is NYSE Direct+, you have to wait 30 seconds to NYSE Direct+ another order in the same symbol on the same side of the market again. If the 2nd order is sent in less than 30 seconds then the order will be a regular DOT order. Direct+ is a great tool to have.
Advantages of Direct+: It¡¦s fast. Fastest I¡¦ve ever seen the NYSE execute an order. Average time is about a second or so. NYSE will never turn your order away. QQQ¡¦s, DIA¡¦s, and all other ETF¡¦s have NYSE Direct+ access.
Disadvantages of Direct+: No price discovery.
Example:
B- 100 IBM 98.25 filled @ 98.25e
Time of Entry: 9:40:20
Time of Execution: 9:40:21
S- 100 IBM 98.05 filled @98.05e
Time of Entry: 9:40:38
Time of Execution: 9:40:39
SS- 100 IBM 98.06 filled 98.06e
Time of Entry: 9:41:00
Time of Execution: 9:41:01
Prior Quotes:
Time: Bid x Ask Price Bid x Ask Size
9:40:35 98 x 98.25 20 x 5
9:40:40 98.05 x 98.25 20 x 10
9:41:00 98.06 x 98.20 50 x 10
Prior Trades:
Time: Size: Price:
9:40:21 1 â²our buy fill â³ 98.25e
9:40:30 3 98.15
9:40:35 10 98.09
9:40:39 1 â²our sell fill â³ 98.05e
9:41:01 1 â² our short fill â³ 98.06e
The prints at 9:40:21, 9:40:39, and 9:41:01 are our examples of NYSE Direct+ orders annotated with the letter ¡§e¡¨. If you wanted to buy some IBM with NYSE Direct+ then your fill will be 98.25. You can buy 100 shares up to 500 shares. Now say you want to sell IBM with NYSE Direct+. You will get a fill of 98.05. The amount of shares that you can sell can range from 100 shares to 1099 shares. If you do more than 1099 shares then the entire order turns to a regular DOT order. Now say you wanted to Short IBM with NYSE Direct+. The only way that you can get a NYSE Direct+ short order executed is if the quote for IBM¡¦s bid changes from 98 to 98.06. Our third example shows a NYSE Direct+ short @ 98.06. The short order can range from 100 shares to 1099 shares.
Jeff--
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