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To: per strandberg who wrote (6760)	2/10/1998 8:14:00 PM
From: Larry Voyles	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16892

>If I could buy at the bid, sell at the ask, I would be retired by now. No, you would be a Market Maker. Sorta like printing your own money.

To: per strandberg who wrote (6760)	2/10/1998 8:19:00 PM
From: Craig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16892

Yes I understand that... Bid price is the highest price that buyers are willing to pay for a stock. Ask price is the lowest price sellers are willing to sell a stock at. My point is that besides the market orders that were occurring, which occur at the ASK price, my limit price represented the best BID price which at that time was the highest price any limit order was on the marketmaker's books. Even though my order was obviously the best BID (it changed as I changed my orders up and down),other orders were filled instead at my bid price, but not mine.

To: per strandberg who wrote (6760)	2/10/1998 9:24:00 PM
From: Peter H. Hodge	Respond to of 16892

Guess you've never tried it. Maybe you would surprise yourself! It happens frequently.