S&P 500 squawk box pit call

traderjimbo · Mar 28, 2002

Would like to hear peoples opinions on the various pit call services - which is good, which is bad, etc.

Also is anyone aware of any stock market news reader services ?

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Thug_Life · Mar 28, 2002

http://www.los.net/
http://www.realtimefutures.com/

They are both good, imo. The los.net is a little more laid-back. The RTF guy has more personality.

Bachelier · Mar 29, 2002

At our firm we regard Ben Lichtenstein (the RTF guy) -besides being informative- as our live entertainer to keep us from sleeping through the dull periods.

Thug_Life · Mar 29, 2002

Yeah, Ben is hilarious...

Something's up here guys.... Goldman walks over to the phone....ohh he's not happy....Goldman's scratching his head.... ohh and I mean he's really not happy.....Goldman hangs up the phone..here he comes....

AND HE"S GOT AN ORDER. GOLDMAN TO BUY!!! GOLDMAN TO BUY!!!

macal425 · Apr 17, 2002

Is there a Squawk Box available for the Naz? I can only seem to find S&P's.

rtharp · Apr 17, 2002

xsquwak has the Nasdaq pit

Rtharp

Vinny1 · Apr 17, 2002

RTharp,what service does Echo use?

rtharp · Apr 17, 2002

Originally posted by Vinny1
RTharp,what service does Echo use?

It depends on what the office traders want. The San Diego office is using a beta service since we found it to be about 1/4 of a second faster than others.
Robert

Don Bright · Apr 17, 2002

Realtime....Ben is excellent at pointing out orders, size, movement, and players during the day.

My DSL was down yesterday, and we went without the Live Feed, and it was like a morgue in here....even with the 200 point Dow move.....

LOS has also been excellent.

canuck · Apr 17, 2002

i'm still amazed how Ben can do so much at once. He's calling the market, training new guys around him, taking phone calls...what can't he do? The best is when he takes a call and says "....yeah, this isn't a good time, call back later..." No kidding.....all the while still watching the markets...amazing really....

cheers