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Goldman Sachs Now Dominating Dark Pools Trading

interesting....why didn't you do 101 lots ?


On Jun 08 10:33 PM User 184769 wrote:

> I day trade and our firm clears through Goldman an we use Rediplus
> (Goldmans Trading Platform). Goldman is always trying to push sigma
> and dark pool on us. They guarantee that we will see better executions,
> but a few of the guys in my office tried it and said they noticed
> no better fills and no savings. What I found the most interesting
> in this article is how Goldman is the biggest player in computerized
> trading. This is interesting because we used to make a lot of money
> sending out thousands of bids and offers a dollar or two away from
> the closing print in after hours trading. This edge has been destroyed
> by computerized trading that constantly front runs your orders by
> .01. When you send the orders and try to jump in front of the program
> by a penny, the program is right back in front of you within a fraction
> of a second. I then tried to send 99 share lot orders because the
> program doesnt work against odd lots. Goldman shut me off the next
> day and I had to attest that I would never do orders less than 100
> shares. Shady business.

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try living on part time wages, not much of a living !

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yes i think earnings will be awful in the first / second quarter and we may well see lower lows in 2009....sigh

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Sir, you make some excellent point, low rates and low home prices....but the problem now is that ALL things are falling really fast in terms of price....one of my barometer's is food....many restaurants that i frequent, especially those catering to the poor, are slashing prices.....oil is already so low....i fear that housing prices are gonna go lower.

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3.5 would be really bad on multiple levels....it's a devaluation of the currency and all asset classes from current levels. stability is key, but the fed is kinda ignoring that for now !

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people hold XOM because it's a big oil company....that's including mutual funds....ur model does not factor in that 3rd sense human factor, that's why it's flawed (somewhat).

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it's uncanny but sometimes i can absolutely tell if the market is going to go up or down for a brief period of time....everything makes sense.....but, then again i'm a daytrader :)

i don't get schroedinger and i wouldn't put much stock in what you have written, in another 20 years they will have it all figured out....

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the title has very little to do with the frigging article !!!

IBM: Reassurance from Big Blue

The frigging economy is not the problem....it's just our shitty banking system with CDO's, risky mortgages and good knows what other crap they have. That's the only crappy thing out there.

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i'm going to beat GS down to 100....140 my ass....buffett my culo.

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what is the point of this article? be in cash....ofcourse....go short...even better.

Think of These as Short-Term Troubles

short term...haha

economy's tanking bro....abandon ship !!!

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buffett's average cost on his GS buy is around 100....10% annuity minus 10% buyback, etc.....he's actually taking quite a risk here.

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what are you an idiot ? ....the stock price has cratered and still the same divident amount == higher yield in a very tough market.
utter nonsense article.

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Buffetts' the man. Pass the bailout for crying out loud.