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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: space cadet who wrote (15542)	11/17/1998 5:47:00 PM
From: robbie_nw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18691

Roger and Space....Before you bash MM's too hard (not that I like them) ....the logic behind your observations (market orders) is quite simple: If stock is going UP....a market BUY order will always take longer than if it is going down (and visa versa) Why you ask? Supply and Demand....if people want the stock....it will be harder to buy (difficult to BUY FROM BUYERS) If people want to sell.....opposite is true...easier to buy..harder to sell(SELLING TO SELLERS) If you want quick executions you must BUY FROM SELLERS and SELL TO BUYERS....which requires anticipation (sell before absolute top and buy before absolute bottom) Quickest orders will always be; 1)MARKET BUY in a falling stock (BUYING FROM SELLERS) 2)MARKET SELL in rising stock (SELLING TO EAGER BUYERS) Just an observation....FWIW