How long would NYSE halt trading if the Dow reaches a 10-percent decline between 2 p.m. and 2:30 p.m? How about 20 percent? What happens, exactly, when the NYSE Composite declines 180 points? What's the difference between a circuit breaker and a trading collar, anyway?
If you've answered something other than "Who cares?" to any of these questions, read on.
A reader looks to clarify whether best price is being protected in Hybrid Market and pre-Hybrid Market issues.
The first additions of the new year will bring the total of activated issues to 2,230.
The markets will pause to mark the passing of a great American who, in the words of John Thain, "assumed a troubled presidency in a critical time, and thoughtfully and skillfully restored credibility and confidence in the presidency."
On Thursday, the list of Hybrid Market issues will top 2,000 for the first time.
A reader asks whether NYSE Arca will automatically route to better prices at NYSE and other markets. Read on for the answer.
Plus, the day the King met the President.
We'll end the week with 1,976 issues active in Phase III of the NYSE Hybrid Market.
That will raise the total number of activated issues to 1,900.
A reader says he's still seeing occasional trade throughs, and asks how that might change in the future.
A reader asks: does automated trading stop right at 4:00 p.m.?
A reader asks when we'll finish rolling out Phase III of the NYSE Hybrid Market.
The number of activated Hybrid Market issues will total 1,806 as of this coming Wednesday.
A trader writes that the Hybrid Market is increasing volatility and making it "easier for the big guys to push around the little traders."
Plus some rock birthdays, from the British Invasion to psychedelia to punk.
Plus, on the trivia front: in what year did NYSE's first million-share day occur?
a) 1886
b) 1901
c) 1908
d) 1929
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That will gice us a total of 1,746 active issues in Phase III of the Hybrid Market implementation.
Sorry for the late notice, but just got word we're adding SE WI, DUK WI, LHO PRG and TOO.
A reader notes that the HybridTalk Contact button is back in business, and puts it to good use.
We revised the list of issues to be activated tomorrow -- Thursday, Dec. 14 -- to eliminate a few names that were duplicated and a couple of other stocks that have come in or out. Apologies for any inconvenience this might have caused. Also: there will be no list of additions for Friday, Dec. 15, which is an expiration day. The rollout will resume on Monday, Dec. 18.
That will bring the total of active issues to 1,679.
We continue to build out our technology aimed at helping customers connect to liquidity.
Saw hundreds of people here wearing giveaway red hats this morning, and for every one of them, Red Hat is making a donation to One Laptop per Child, Red Hat's philanthropic partner, which is working to make and distribute laptop computers that are inexpensive enough to provide every child in the world access to knowledge and education.
The comment button at the top of the page is repaired, the e-mail updates are flowing, and it's only Monday.
A reader asks where to get up-to-the-minute values for Liquidity Replenishment Points.
Plus, Red Hat Inc. (RHT) has been added to the list of issues being activated tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 12. It's Red Hat's first day of trading on NYSE upon transferring from Nasdaq.
The independent provider of transaction-cost analysis examined transaction costs at 60 different exchanges around the world, including data from more than 150 pension funds, investment managers, banks and brokerages compiled from more than 700 global managers and 1,000 brokers.
We're not done with the rollout by a long shot, but we're quickly approaching critical mass.
Looks like we're experiencing problems with some incoming and outgoing messages. We're working on it, and here's what to do in the interim to keep current or send a question or a comment.
A reader asks what happens to orders when we reach a Liquidity Replenishment Point.
And this Thursday 51 years ago, Rosa Parks rides the bus into civil-rights history.
That's no typo -- 399 additions, bringing the total of active issues to 661. With the requisite SEC approvals now in hand, we're rolling out Phase III to larger groups of issues.
Transaction fees are just one component of overall trading costs for our customers.
With another approval in hand, we have just one step to go before being clear to activate much larger groups of stocks into Phase III of the Hybrid Market, culminating in all our listed issues being Hybridified.
A reader asks whether larger size at the best quoted price in Hybrid Market issues has led to larger trade size.
To sweep or not to sweep, that is this reader's question.
