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Strategies & Market Trends : Market Gems:Stocks w/Strong Earnings and High Tech. Rank
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To: Linda L who wrote (34309)4/16/1999 10:17:00 AM
From: Scott  Read Replies (1) of 120523
 
Linda,

As the others point out, the bid and ask are showing what current buyers and sellers are willing to pay/receive.

But, you can make your own bid or ask, by either specifying a limit order in between the spread, or joining the current bid or ask.

Sometimes you'll get filled, and other times you won't.

For some of the stocks we play here, that swing 20 points in a day, it doesn't much matter whether you save that 1/8 or not. You're not going to catch a quickly rising stock by bidding inside the spread. And if you need to get out quickly, use a limit well below the current price, or a market order.

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