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Not having any actual experience in the pits; I think that there is some
evidence that the traders there DO have access to information on where stops
are. Here is some reasons why.
A. Somebody has to know what your order is or they couldn't execute it.
B. The news often has reports that read something like "large numbers of
stops are
expected to be hit just above 111.50".
C. Several articles that I have read in publications such as Futures
Magazine have said that, traders in the pits have access to information
where stops are placed.
D. Personal experience makes me believe that they know.
Now if someone knows for for sure what the truth is, it would be
appreciated. It makes sense that even the pit traders don't want to go too
far out of their range to get stops unless conditions that make for extreem
volatility are in effect. What I'm getting at is that there is a point out
there where your stop is going to be safe, at least for today. For example;
if you are trading Sugar and you are short, you put in a stop at say one
hundred and fifty dollars and I'd say it was safe for today:-)
Brent
>I'm sure the locals run the price up and down either following micro
>trends themselves or even trying to get the mkt to places where they
>believe stops are concentrated, based on the *charts*. But do you
>really think they know where the actual orders are? Perhaps this isn't
>that important a point - if you tend to get stopped out, who cares if
>it's random noise, or the pit going after your stop specifically? But
>if it is an ungrounded fear that makes people tend to not put stops in,
>then I think it's a question worth asking.
>
>My belief is that in almost all cases (barring some illegal activity),
>the locals (and off-the-floor daytraders) do not know where the orders
>are. They simply are trading very short-term, either as trend followers
>or contra-trend. The trend followers would like to get on board
>*before* the trend, so if the market is wandering upwards and they think
>it could go thru some stops they will buy (and conversely the contra
>trend locals will stand aside). This extra buying may actually help
>push the mkt thru the stops. (But if it fails to, then the locals lose
>money.)
>
>If you are a position trader, maybe the key is to place the stop far
>enough away that most times, if it is hit, it signals a true reversal
>(even if temporary). Most of the time my stops are hit I'm glad that I
>am out. (I know you really can't separate them, but my problem seems to
>be more entry selection and profit taking, than stop.)
>
>Conrad Bowers
>
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