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To: stevedhu who wrote (47624)	7/8/1999 10:24:00 PM
From: double-plus-good	Respond to of 95453

steve, thanks for the effort i did think it was quite strange that the contracts traded one by one. so i called waterhouse to make sure i wasn't going to get smacked with multiple commissions. he told me that the order might have the commission split between the four but that the commission would go through as a trade for 4 contracts. i still don't understand how something like this can happen. the trades continue to show as confirmed on my web trading account and its clear the trades were executed. you can pull them up on quote.com and look at them. when i spoke with someone at waterhouse he suggested that it was in my power as well to cancel trades up to the day of settlement. i'd like to see that in practice. LOL. "yah, waterhouse; that wasn't a short trade i entered it was a long. guess i hit the wrong button." what chance do you think i have with a line like that? i messed up a trade once with a stop instead of a stop limit. ok i eat the loss. you would think the MM, whose profession it is to execute and fill the trades, should have to be accountable. but what do i know? ++good