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Gwenn Ael Gautier et al:
arb suggested that the placing of Stop Limit Orders might improve
the chance of getting better fills in the New York markets.
Would such a strategy also be good one in a slow or illiquid
market?
What do you see as the down side of a Stop Limit order as opposed
to a simple Stop Order.
Gwenn Ael Gautier wrote:
>
> Nobody said trading is easy. It is where nobody ventures that you find the
> best opportunities. Otherwise, you are competing with hundred others for the
> same ticks. Yes, in illiquid markets you can be fooled around, and hence you
> should not attempt to daytrade, however trading at the open or the close only
> is not too difficult. Now just as benefits are potentially greater, so are
> the risks: There's no free lunch...
>
> Gwenn
>
> Desmond Sutherland a écrit:
>
> > I would think that it is non-liquid markets that are prone to whipsaws
> > etc. In a liquid market the bid-ask spread is fairly narrow and one can
> > get in and most importantly, GET OUT, fairly easily. In a non-liquid
> > market, the bid-ask is very wide.
> >
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