What size do prop traders and investment banks trade?
- Thread starter SanMiguel
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I presume there's no liquidity issues at that size. In the millions and billions there would be... more like steering a ship than a jet ski
I do sometimes have liquidity issues with some equity options. Sometimes I can only get filled on so many on the price that I want.
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OK;
could use a PSAR/parabolic stop + reverse, you can get all you want or more than you want. LOL [don't try this @ home]
You mean 5-20k shares or $5-20k?
A fair estimate of time needed to exit a position without affecting market price (by too much)...
...months: Warren Buffet (and a dozen others)
...weeks : Goldman Sachs (and a dozen others)
...days : prop shops (dozens of 'em)
...hours : F&F funds (dozens of thousands of 'em)
...minutes: genuine Retail (thousands & thousands of 'em)
...seconds: Grandpa (∞)
...months: Warren Buffet (and a dozen others)
...weeks : Goldman Sachs (and a dozen others)
...days : prop shops (dozens of 'em)
...hours : F&F funds (dozens of thousands of 'em)
...minutes: genuine Retail (thousands & thousands of 'em)
...seconds: Grandpa (∞)