nyse hybrid system

well,it is not a question of pullbacks, if this is what u meant, on naz u can get in instantly whether the stock is on fire or consolidatin' and even of the ask shows 1 [locked] u gonna get filled if not all your pos a good slice of it. to be fair to naz, even tho it is a train wreck fills are exceptional and i have zip complaints about it.
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Yes, i have noticed that even in the index futures... they don't pull back much when they really take a run now over the last 8 months...

cj...

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Yeah but NYSE now owns/manipulates ARCA, and the Nasdaq now owns Island. I think everyone missed my point...when the specialist is gone, that does not mean the specialist firms will be gone. They will use software to rape you instead. It's going to be just like Nasdaq. Not many traders make a living daytrading Nasdaq.

Yes, this is EXACTLY what that PDF is saying...

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=79640

now instead of date rape the specialists will be involed in Gang Rape thru software black boxes... and legally per NYSE vs SEC 'persuasion'

cj...

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before the hybrid came to be i had much better fills, and u bet i am not the only one experiencin' this...infact i was all in for the spec to stay. now arca behave like new york..not in a million yrs i would have expected things to deteriorate after the hybrid introduction.
Quote from EdgeHunter:

Yes, this is EXACTLY what that PDF is saying...

now instead of date rape the specialists will be involed in Gang Rape thru software black boxes... and legally per NYSE vs SEC 'persuasion'

cj...

:(

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Quote from Triple X:

Yeah but NYSE now owns/manipulates ARCA, and the Nasdaq now owns Island. I think everyone missed my point...when the specialist is gone, that does not mean the specialist firms will be gone. They will use software to rape you instead. It's going to be just like Nasdaq. Not many traders make a living daytrading Nasdaq.

that doesnt sound very promising to a new comer... do u think its already happening.. have you seen any significate changes in your trading style?

i would imagine adjusting to the new enviorment would be the way to go...
 
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that doesn't sound very promising to a new comer... do u think its already happening.. have you seen any significant changes in your trading style?

i would imagine adjusting to the new environment would be the way to go...

I see stocks that have already gone hybrid are much harder to trade. I am seriously considering another line of work because I don't see how to adjust. I have tried trading Nasdaq, and to me it is practically impossible.
 
I've been trading NYSE stocks to 99.8% of the time and I am just making a transition from scalping to chart reading, volume breakouts etc.
One reason that I liked trading the NYSE was the ability to get price improved which adds up big over many years. However with the introduction of the Hybrid system there is no more price improvement unless there are certain circumstances and the difference to the Nasdaq gets smaller. I will take the hybrid system as an opportunity to trade more Nasdaq stocks considering there isn't much difference between those 2 exchanges and over the next couple years they probably will be the same. I am just curious if ppl like me will start trading more Naz stocks bc. the price improvements are gone or if ppl who trade mostly nasdaq start to trade more NYSE stocks bc of the electronic execution. I guess only time will tell.
 
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whats the overall attitude about the hybrid system and what what kind of impact will it have on the prop. trader?

i just left the floor of the nyse. i was a clerk for many years. the way people feel down there, especially floor brokers and clerks is there days are numbered.
maybe 1 or 2 years at the most. a lot of lay-offs are happening as we speak... me being an example.
specialist firms are doing the same.. labranche just laid off 18 employees... 7 specialists and the rest clerks..

my take is its going to make it harder to tell whats going on in the crowd.
u see the way it works is... u have the open book which is the public orders.. and it'll be the only quote you will see... and the you'll have a broker quote, which represents the floor broker amount he's looking to trade.. its called the replishment amount. and then the specialist column... if he has a position he wants to trade, he must publish it here.

now the floor broker can publish on the open book or the broker quote but you will only see his open book amount.
so a example would be if a floor broker offers stock at the fig and u see all the stock trading at the fig.. there could be a broker replishment amount quoted at the fig still and that would trade if there's still a buy interest coming in. basically , the only way the floor broker can get involved on the print is if he posted stock on the broker column... in other words, he must reveal his had or risk missing out on prints. the most important aspect is.. this is happening w/o the specialists' control.

the specialists job would still be the same when there is a one sided situation.. and he needs to step in the accomadate an order, usually at a discount to him. but if he wants to trade his position( mind you.. this is the most important thing on his mind..his p&l, not the public orders.. always has been always will) he must publish...
this can get somewhat complicated.. i hope i wasnt talking in circles... bye for now

To answer your questions, I believe a lot of NYSE only traders will wash. My observations of it is that it is much more difficult to tell what is going on in general. What was left of tape reading will be dead. Did anyone see the intraday move in BYD the other day?

Besides the lack of price improvement, and the ability distinguish buyers and sellers, it moves a lot faster and more sporadically. Your average NYSE scalper generally speaking won't lose but 2-10 cents but it can happen much easier and quicker now.

I also agree that the moves will be more sustained which will bring in more strong trends... The move in MA a few days ago from 70-74 - I watched the stock go from 73.15 down to 72.34 and right back up in the matter of about 80 seconds. Sure this can happen under the old system but the feel of it is just more random with everyone marketing and the spec printing both sides of his quotes.

Long live the Amex until Amie rolls into effect ;)
 
I have been a lurker for a long time on this board and a full time trader for six years. For much of this year I have struggled trading nasdaq stocks. In september I moved to nyse and just oil stocks and couldn't be happier. Most of my profits have come in the oih along with slb,rig, and do. I feel like these stocks already trade pretty much electronically and the oih just swings back and forth all day long with crude oil. My question to experienced NYSE traders is should I be worried or not about the hybrid system?
 
Quote from slickshal:

i'd like to know how long before the mother of all merges happens:

"NYSE-NASDAQ" Group, LLC

That be an AWESOME deal!!!!

If they can pull that off, OMG, there would be no more war. Just peace :D :D :D
 
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