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ShatnersRugon Apr 16, 2014 1:45pm
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RE:RE:Question?!
RE:RE:Question?!BG20, with respect, the quote details on Stockwatch are incomplete unless you have an advanced subscription. [not to mention that they are delayed]
What you'll see with the free subscription are TSX quotes and transactions. Perhaps Alpha as well but I am not sure. This makes a huge difference especially when brokers are involved in the trade.
You can see 20,000 @ 0.30 on the ask and you figure that you'll take it out. So you place a bid for 20,000 at 0.30. But after the transaction you see 10,000 left on the ask. You say to yourself, oh wow, that was one fast bot. Sure that's possible, but the more probably explanation is that part of your bid bought shares from one of the other exchanges that your platform does not recognize.
Totally insidious. And we have seen this in STP for the past two weeks.