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I can't say for certain, but I have a feeling that if the stock was to say move 12 cents when you max long 100k shares

Posted by: Oleg Max (a.k.a Oleg_Max) on Jun 27, 04:44 in response to srrichardson's post Not sure if it is quicker or if it just has less impact

It will still move those exact 12 cents if you buy in 25k increments. I personally very rarely do 25k lots, most of the time I trade in 50k lots, that way the first 50k will move 6 cents, and the 2nd lot will move 6 cents. But you will aleady make 6 cents on the first lot = 3H$ k. If you make 20 trades per day, that's extra 60H$k in the account at the end of the day.

Problem is, we don't know if the stock is programmed to move 12 cents, 20 cents, or has breaks on it = no move at all, so the extra clicks might not be worth anything at all. Plus, as the others have mentioned, if its a fast moving stock, the extra 6 cents you might or might not save will cost you if stock jumps 50 cents.

Good luck trading

Is it ok to buy 25000 shares 4 times or should you just buy 100000 because when I buy all at once I always end up paying 1 to 30 cents more {nm} mishra Jun 26, 15:44

Especially on starbonds..... {nm} mishra Jun 26, 15:46

Usually save the buy or sell of 100000 shares at once when I know I need to sell it immediately or lose money {nm} mishra Jun 26, 15:58

If you spread out the buying over several minutes the chuckage is less (bonds for me up to half), depends on how much pennies you want to JDolphin Jun 26, 16:09

fast movie = fast moving {nm} JDolphin Jun 26, 16:10

Ya do the mass buy when Price change is going to jump immediately....if i stall {nm} mishra Jun 26, 16:39

if you save one cent this time you make 2 cents more next time and so forth....the power of compounding. mishra Jun 26, 23:26

I had never thought of this.. Is that why the price seems to be more when buying 100000 shares? Dorfman Jun 26, 19:55

Not sure if it is quicker or if it just has less impact srrichardson Jun 27, 03:25

I can't say for certain, but I have a feeling that if the stock was to say move 12 cents when you max long 100k shares Oleg Max Jun 27, 04:44

Good analysis Oleg Max. I'm so used to just doing one transaction thinking that will be quicker and catching before the price moves... Dorfman Jun 27, 05:20