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

To: Esteban who wrote (9736)	9/17/1998 8:15:00 PM
From: Mama Bear	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16892

"Perhaps the short sales being kicked out of the system automatically applies to short sale market orders." No, one was a limit and 1 was a market order. "As for your limit short sale order receiving the same treatment, if 23 1/2 was a down tick" No, that order was "killed". The two above were 'timed out'. Different explanation. The 23 1/2 limit was definitely when 23 1/2 was an uptick. "And since there is no time priority on the Nasdaq and short sales receive low priority anyway, nothing is lost." It was a daytrade, and the stock went straight down to 22 7/8. I find it hard to reconcile that as a non loss. But I can accept it because it doesn't happen often, and because Datek has loaned me all sorts of hard to borrow securities. I guess I just think that Datek shouldn't have a problem explaining these things. Barb