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To: funk who wrote (4073)	2/26/1999 8:00:00 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 7382

funkyman, good to see you back posting. "I burnt out on answering the same questions over and over." you know what the doctor said when the patient told him, "it hurts when i go like this", right? "DON'T GO LIKE THAT NO MORE!" :) (made a few dollars shorting COMS today. seems easier to make money going short. took CIEN in both directions day before yesterday for a few more dollars. i appreciate the support i get from ross and mbtrading. i see no reason whatsoever to switch firms. now it's all about individual skill, or the lack thereof.) shake it easy funka, mark

To: funk who wrote (4073)	2/26/1999 9:40:00 PM
From: Wayners	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7382

Over at JPR if I shorted BAMM like you did, 2000 shares and it got filled like you, 750, 50, 200 and 1,000 my commission would be $10.00 plus 4 USES OF ISLD ECN at $1.00 apiece, so $14.00. Same thing at MBT (except for base commission of course)?

To: funk who wrote (4073)	2/26/1999 11:52:00 PM
From: Colin Cody	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 7382

funk, Can you explain WHY the following happens and HOW to avoid it: (I know this has likely been argued back and forth deep back in this thread, but who could ever find it?) (g) With MBT I place trades using ISLD. Lets say RMBS was quoted $71 by $71.50 I say to BUY @ a price less than the ASK but not lower than the BID. Maybe $71.125 or $71. SOMETIMES I get a rejection, something that can't be read in the message box says would cross or lock the market, I believe (the message box truncates the message). When this happens, and I've tried it over and over and over, getting reject after reject, I can simply go through ARCA and with the SAME MMs in the Box and the SAME order I get a fill. ARCA usually seems to take twice as long for a fill to me. ISLD is usually 2 to 5 seconds and ARCA is double that. But my question is WHY does ISLD not work sometimes? and HOW to FORCE ISLD to accept the order? Colin