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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: re3 who wrote (73063)	1/7/2000 3:11:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Ike, What the market makers will say is that they had to "freshen" the bid side. The truth is, you probably got screwed.

To: re3 who wrote (73063)	1/7/2000 7:30:00 PM
From: S. maltophilia	Respond to of 132070

FWIW Back in the stone age, i.e., the last millennium, these options were listed on the CBOE only. Now they are on 4 different exchanges, and, I am told, they are not obligated to compete with each others' quotes. What probably happened is that you saw the P-Coast (vol=0) bid that they fell asleep and left up, while the trade was done at the CBOE (vol=433). I never place an option order at market. I also find out where my broker routes the order and look at the quote for that market, as well as the consolidated quote.