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To: J_K who wrote (56359)	7/11/2000 7:44:04 AM
From: eichler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

Juergen, I'm beginning to think that manipulations are the norm rather than the exception. Some of the games I've noticed too... Bid and Asks suddenly disappear as you mentioned. Orders partially filled to give the illusion of further buying or selling interest. Orders manipulated to give the appearance of more trading activity. (I have encountered several occasions when I would put in an order for a buy or sell at a current bid or ask with sufficient quantity available only to have the MM "hit" my order 100 shares at a time and the ticks go +,-,+,-...) I've also seen my orders filled showing incorrect ticks, uptick instead of downtick, etc. Orders already filled still showing bid or ask for as long as is convenient for MM. I could go on but the point is I think we only see the tip of the MM BS Iceberg. Trading is a game and MMs do not play nice...they "show" us what they want us to see. Since I've been regularly using Island Book as a backup reference I've noticed more that I really ever wanted to know. Best of Luck, Eichler