Will bullets ever come back

manuptrader · Oct 10, 2005

do you guys think bullets will ever come back i think erco sucks cant short things half the time

nyc-hotshot · Oct 10, 2005

Nope. Don't count on ever seeing bullets again.

They dont generally make any regulations LESS restrictive, they only tend to make them MORE restrictive.

wilburbear · Oct 10, 2005

I've heard of bullets in relation to options. What are they?

ChaosNSX · Oct 13, 2005

Basically Synthetic puts.. useless nowadays.

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I've heard of bullets in relation to options. What are they?

BrownianMotion · Jan 31, 2006

Quote from manuptrader:

do you guys think bullets will ever come back i think erco sucks cant short things half the time

Is ERCO any better now?

What sucks about it (I've never used it)?

Is it expensive?

Steve Tvardek · Jan 31, 2006

Erco is awful. I just get conversions in several stocks and then use our firm inventory to short other stocks (Hold has inventory of like 150 stocks and we can access that inventory to short stocks on downticks...they are marked as long sells though but allow us to short nonetheless).

Quote from BrownianMotion:

Is ERCO any better now?

What sucks about it (I've never used it)?

Is it expensive?

javs5150 · Jan 31, 2006

Quote from Steve Tvardek:

Erco is awful. I just get conversions in several stocks and then use our firm inventory to short other stocks (Hold has inventory of like 150 stocks and we can access that inventory to short stocks on downticks...they are marked as long sells though but allow us to short nonetheless).

Do you have to pay a premium to short stocks using Hold's inventory?

BrownianMotion · Jan 31, 2006

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Erco is awful......

Apparently ERCO is awful and sucks, but I'm curious as to why.

1. What does ERCO cost?
2. Can you short Nasdaq stocks on it?
3. How often do you get filled?
4. Is there a lot of slippage?

slug · Jan 31, 2006

Quote from manuptrader:

do you guys think bullets will ever come back i think erco sucks cant short things half the time

There are plenty of products out there that can get the job done just like bullets.. erco is the absolute worst product out there.. Would never use...

javs5150 · Jan 31, 2006

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There are plenty of products out there that can get the job done just like bullets.. erco is the absolute worst product out there.. Would never use...

Besides Erco and conversions, what are some of the other products that allow listed shorts on a downtick.