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- From: schindler@csa1.lbl.gov (AARON SCHINDLER)
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: Re: Day Trading
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 12:21 PST
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
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- In article <6663@rosie.NeXT.COM>, James_Conley@NeXT.COM writes...
- >
- > I've wondered about all those software packages that are sold to day
- >traders. You know, the guys with the Quotrons and bad eye-sight. Anyway, my
- >real question is how these people can trade without getting murdered by
- >commissions.
- >
- > Anyone do this? Could you describe how it works?
- >
- >Mike
-
- For example, with PBS's new commission schedule, the commission on >1000 shares
- is $.02/share. Round trip would be $.04/share. At this commission rate you
- can make a profit on a sixteenth of a point move. At this level we are in a
- regime where the bid/asked spread is more annoying than the commissions.
-
- In fact, with Aurex (800-26-AUREX) once you get past their $40 minimum you can
- trade for $.01/share. Imagine buying 12,000 shares of Microsoft at $90 per
- share for a $1.08M investment for a $120 commission!
-
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- | Aaron Schindler Schindler@csa.lbl.gov |
- | |
- | There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: |
- | when he can't afford it, and when he can. --Mark Twain |
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