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

To: Dan Swartzendruber who wrote (2847)	12/19/1998 8:22:00 AM
From: wily	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7382

>>I have had a 1000-share bid/offer filled in 3 partials on ISLD ... I guess I'm not worried about JPR using Island in atomic mode. You're confusing me: If you had a 1000share order filled in 3 partials, you're not in "atomic" mode.??

To: Dan Swartzendruber who wrote (2847)	12/19/1998 9:28:00 AM
From: funk	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7382

Dan, that's great. So it is pretty straight forward. If you are adding liquidity you must not cross or lock the market. If you are taking liquidity away you are only entitled to what ever number of shares you see quoted on ISLD. And its a first come first serve basis, so if you are slow or your ISP/backbone/quoteserver combination is lagged, then you will certainly be frustrated. Partials happen once in a while to be sure, but not very often, for me anyway. Getting lots of partials is Nature's way of telling you that either your quotes are lagged or you are just hesitating too much and another trader grabs just the shares you thought you wanted. Partials are just part of life, I am not really fixated on commissions. It's funny, the less I think about commissions the better I seem to trade. I would invite you to grab one of the old time trader books that get mentioned on these threads. They are only a few bucks. I am in awe of these guys who successfully traded the market without the use of real-time charts and cheap commissions. Imagine paying over $200 just for one round trip! ok one last thing, the differences between myself and some other posters here: I am here to trade knowledge. Silicon Investor has been a major building block for my education in the markets. I can't imagine that my journey into trading would have lasted at all without what I picked up from traders on these threads. So it is in that spirit that I am posting at all. A penny stock player, who's only redeeming quality is sporadic comic relief, should not even be listed on this exchange. The lowly YAHOO boards would be, like the BB's, a more appropriate realm for him. good luck with your trading and happy holidays, funk