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Non-Tech : MB TRADING -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Andja Miskin who wrote (509)	7/14/1998 12:28:00 AM
From: Sword	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7382

1) Their web site shows ticket prices as those being 2,000 shares or less; does this mean that I can pick up 10,000 shares at around $100 or roughly $10/1000 shares? Don't know. You need to call them. I've traded this many shares, but don't pay attention to the commissions. 2) How extensive is their short list? I'm talking about less liquid NASDAQ issues, say with average volume 50k or less. You can short almost anything out there, by calling it in. They will call around to find stock to borrow for you while you are on the phone. They are very good at this. On the more liquid issues, like AMAT and DELL, you never need to call in and the execution on the short side is as good as the long. 3) How many market maker boxes can be on one's monitor without overburdening a 56k internet connection? Depends on your ISP and the stocks you are monitoring more than your modem. I usually have one MM box open and drag in stocks from a market minder table when I'm interested in trading them. Works fine for me. I can trade fine from my laptop when I'm traveling. 4) How often does one get knocked off a regular 56k internet connection? Delays in data feed due to internet "noise"? Hardly ever. Can't say enough about by ISP which is Microsoft Network. I've tried MCI and Sprint and MSN is the best. It doesn't seem logical since the primary network connection at MBT is MCI, but it's a fact for me. 5) How soon after submission of a SOES order can one expect a confirmation of execution (i.e. how many seconds)? Again, depends on your ISP. Do a traceroute to get the ping time. For me, it's usually about 1 second if the MM hasn't been hit in the last 19 seconds. If he is the last at the inside market, the SOES orders will pile up and the confirmations will not be forthcoming not because of the software but because of the MM! -Sword