Market Makers; What They Do vs What We Want

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Market Makers; What They Do vs What We Want

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Emcee: Doug R	Type: Unmoderated

Introduction Compact

This is a forum intended for an enlightened discussion of the reality
surrounding the true function of market making activity.
First of all I would like to point out that it is NOT the function of any
market maker to fulfill our wildest fantasies of greed. It is a business
plain and simple. Market makers incur risk just as any individual investor
does. Their rules of avoiding risk directly impacts the investor's wish
to profit. Since they are the middle men in the world of stocks it would
be helpful for us to understand how they operate. I believe that a
thoughtful discussion based on knowledge, experience and insight of this
pivotal aspect of the individual's stock market decisions will be of great
value.

I realize that not all market makers (mm's) are, shall we say, beyond
reproach, so any information as to the integrity of any particular mm
would,of course, be useful.

The main focus, though, should be how to best interpret mm activity so
as to make more intelligent trading decisions.

I thank you all in advance for your contributions.

Doug R

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207	Bud, The ticker for BNEZ before the reverse was BNEZ (the same). For 30 days (	Leroyt	-	9/28/1998
206	Leroy, what was the ticker/name of Bnez before the reverse? TIA	Clase Azul	-	9/28/1998
205	Doug, I am watching the trends closing. So far the activity keep accelerating	Leroyt	-	9/27/1998
204	Leroy, Don't let greed carry you away. I hope you've taken some profi	Doug R	-	9/26/1998
203	Doug R. or anyone, The CEO of BNEZ (which I asked you about before) has recent	Leroyt	-	9/25/1998
202	Doug or anyone, When there is a trade between the bid and ask, which MM is abl	Leroyt	-	9/23/1998
201	So Doug R, You say interesting chart on BNEZ, what makes you say that. thanks	Leroyt	-	9/23/1998
200	Leroy, From what I have been able to gather, mm's usually like to close th	Doug R	-	9/23/1998
199	I am looking for information on naked shorting by MM's. I think BNEZ is ha	Leroyt	-	9/22/1998
198	Leroyt, I suggest you ask over on The Three Amigos thread. I'm sure you&#	Doug R	-	9/17/1998
197	Does anyone know how to find the symbols for different Market Makers? thanks a	Leroyt	-	9/16/1998
196	Put all your shares in a cash account and tell your brokerage house that they a	William B. Lowrance	-	4/15/1998
195	TO ALL: My question is about the ability of Market Makers to short stock. I wan	Leroyt	-	4/15/1998
194	Roger good question. This is the kind of information I would like to learn. I&#	J.C.	-	4/7/1998
193	Roger, Post # 192, was meant for you!	OLD JAKE JUSTUS	-	4/7/1998
192	I must, respectfully, stay away from this market maker business. Sorry, I can n	OLD JAKE JUSTUS	-	4/7/1998
191	Jake; Another question please: Can someone with access to Level 2 mkt. data det	Roger Cossaboom	-	4/7/1998
190	Thank you, J.C. As far as I can tell that, as of March 20, 1998, there were 286	OLD JAKE JUSTUS	-	4/7/1998
189	I'm trying to figure out how one finds out how many shares are outstanding	J.C.	-	4/7/1998
188	A great post, John! I never did understand exactly how this Market Maker system	OLD JAKE JUSTUS	-	3/28/1998
187	Last Sale reporting An electronic entry by NASD Members to The Nasdaq Stock Ma	tom jones	-	3/26/1998
186	To all: How is the last sale price set for a stock? Sometimes the last sale pri	tom jones	-	3/22/1998
185	To all: How is the quote price set for a stock? Sometimes the quote price is	tom jones	-	3/19/1998
184	New Thread: exchange2000.com Watching the maket makers Watching us In Man oh	Instock	-	12/13/1997
183	Doug, I just found this thread and realized that we both have questionable thou	BenYeung	-	10/11/1997

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