As mentioned earlier:
Some good changes taking place today. We get our pre-open indications back again, and they are waiving exchange fees for opening only orders. Stocks opening near their closing prices will be opened immediately.
"Effective November 1, 2007, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will offer free trading to all customers in NYSE securities (excluding ETFs) for market and limit orders executing on the opening price, including Market-On-Open (MOO), Limit-On-Open (LOO) and Good-Til-Cancel (GTC) orders.
In addition, the NYSE recently established a more efficient opening process that allows specialists to automatically open stocks for trading quickly and more efficiently, freeing them up to focus on larger situations with imbalances in an effort to discover the best price. The NYSE has the most liquid opening and a superior process for handling imbalances and facilitating better price discovery. Specialists play a vital role in managing imbalances and establishing the best opening price, including providing additional support to minimize imbalances and avoid unreasonable price variations.
In November, the NYSE will be providing real-time pre-open indicative prices, which will be available both to the NYSE floor community and through the NYSE Alerts data feed. The NYSE plans to offer additional pre-open information in the future.
In November, the NYSE will be providing real-time pre-open indicative prices, which will be available both to the NYSE floor community and through the NYSE Alerts data feed. The NYSE plans to offer additional pre-open information in the future."
Don
