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Non-Tech : Datek Brokerage $9.95 a trade -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Morpher who wrote (13737)	12/1/1999 9:57:00 AM
From: Robert Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16892

Has anyone else noticed terrible market order executions on Datek? A few weeks ago, I placed a market order to sell 1000 shares of agil at open, when the stock was trading at 139. The order was executed at 136 and mostly at 130. A look at RT activity showed the stock spiking down for the fill at 130, then spiking bact up again to 136. 4k shares were traded at 130. This am, I just placed a market order to sell 2750 shares of asds when the stock was trading at 29. It took 5 minutes before my order was beginning to fill. In the next 6 minutes, 850 shares were sold in FIVE separate transactions from 29 to 26 in price. Streamer was showing the stock trading at 24, so I cancelled my order. Had I left it open, at that rate my order would have been filled in about 15 separate transactions at who knows what low price. What's going on here? Any input welcome.