One of these things is not like the other..... (and I wish I knew why...) Jul 10, 07:29
I agree...and BONDS did not get on the elevator for AAAAA but even stranger is Jul 10, 08:34
and in the time it took me to type that up, it dropped another $2 on ~200k flips from long to short. Breaks? What breaks? {nm} Jul 10, 12:06
'brakes' not 'breaks' {nm} Jul 10, 13:58
There is no way for you know 100% what volume and direction all those shares were. {nm} Jul 10, 14:05
That was meant for "The Digital Mariner on Jul 10, 12:06" {nm} Jul 10, 14:05
At this point, that is true. But YOU do and could easily shed some light on the situation without fully divuldging the secret sauce. Jul 10, 19:02
I can not explain the behavior of every trader on why he/she made the trade he/she made. {nm} Jul 11, 10:40
Because the intention of every trader is the question being asked.... Jul 11, 13:03
Again, you do not know what each and every transaction going through. You are only ASSUMING that you know. Jul 11, 13:42
Again, I never claimed to know each and every transaction or assume that I know. But YOU do Jul 11, 17:52
If I even give hints on the information you seek, then any smart trader will figure out ways around it. Some already do. Jul 12, 10:33
Revealing the kind of information you give in your example WOULD be giving away the formulas used. {nm} Jul 11, 15:24
Anything vague enough to keep the secrecy would boil down to Antibody's answers. Jul 11, 19:07
Maybe the timing of the trades and the resultant effects on the price change brakes? {nm} Jul 10, 09:52
And if that's what happens that would be a great explanation. Much better than the evasive no-answers currently offered. {nm} Jul 11, 13:07
If players know how the exact algorthim works, they will game the system. It's human nature. {nm} Jul 11, 13:48
It does, but answering that would give away hints on how the system works. {nm} Jul 12, 10:47
Price of the bond seems to have an affect to - the higher the price the more it moves {nm} Jul 10, 12:47