Zachary Scheidt

Flash Trading Drives Profits, Unseating Established Competitors

As an AMTD customer, this actually works to your favor. They are not allowed to take a fill that is worse than the national best bid or offer. So if one of these parties can execute at a better price than you will immediately be filled. Otherwise it goes out to the entire market.

Since I'm NOT an ameritrade customer I should be complaining :-)

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OptionsExpress Reports Solid Earnings, Now Taking Market Share

Long-Short... As a general rule I think you are right. But even in market downturns you need to be aware of what is holding up fundamentally well so that when the sentiment changes you already have a list of attractive names to get involved with. If you are not prepared, it will be impossible to effectively react.

Thanks for reading!
ZDS