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Yes,Markus.

Nice to see someone who has lost out not blaming everyone else.
Obviously only time will tell if you made the right decision. Whatever happens to the sp, it was a brave decision, and those of us still in will perhaps if it totally dives, wish we had your bottle. Sometimes it's just as gutsy to sell at a lost than to stay in. Like the rest, wishing your other investments don't loose out.
Good luck.

Who'd sell 6 shares? 30p raised and 7 + dealing costs!

It was an autotrade. The orderbook works on matched bargains. A SELL trade may have been put on at say 50,000. As matched trades come in matching at the price then the volume reduces until it is used up. The final part was probably 6 shares. It is also not always possible to tell if AT trades are buys or sells anyway. A trade is just put in the order book. You can buy at the SELL price or the opposite. It is the way that most trades are done in the US for in stance. The 'O' trades are usually MM trades, the rest being almost all order book.

It is all a lot clearer if you have Level 2.

I had wondered what was going on with the trades on this stock as on some days there are very few AT trades and the price is reasonably stable. On other days, there is a significant percentage of AT's and the price is quite volatile, generally downwards. It looks as though there could be a move to have this stock AT driven.

Could someone shed any light on what dictates and AT or MM trade?

AT trades are as Haystack says, automated trades. A trade goes in at a set price (AT trades known as SETS) either buy or sell into the order book. When an equal Sets price meets it, it is auto buy or sell. So if you want to sell at 1 and put it onto Sets, and I want to buy at 1 when my order matches yours the deal is done.
MM's are the market makers who also set prices but can accept less for a buy, more for a sell or at that price.
Of course MM's can put a price on the Sets if they receive an order from clients (brokers) at that price.
Someone may explain better, but thats basically it.
If you go onto trades section on Moneyam, and go into help, it explains very well.

The subject of when trades are submitted as 'O' or 'AT' is probably too wide to be covered here completely. Institutions that have auto-trading or robot (bot) trading systems use 'AT' trades to trickle trades into the system without moving the price too much. That is one use. Day and short term traders with access to trading platforms can enter trades directly on to the order book and remove them. There are plenty of people like that posting here on the traders BB. MM trades are generally private investors (generally - because even insitiutions use MMs). There are many other reasons for the use of the two systems.

Thanks for explaining that, HS and GM.

Why oh why did you listen to the rampers. I tried to help you

objective SEO thread


post 6

Thanks Greekman, I already knew the distinction between the differing types of trades, it was purely the mechanism by which they become AT or O to which Haystack has quite succinctly responded, so thanks too.

I don't think it was an objective SEO thread, not that it matters. Show me an unbiased person and I will show you someone who has no opinions.

I prefer to read biased opinions as long as I can see where their bias lies.

Personally, I think SEO has much further to fall and is never going to be successful.

I can't see food companies switching over to SEO packaging as they supply many supermarkets and it makes their supply methods fragmented. It was indicated above that the packaging film might be microwave suitable, but not suitable for ovens. That's a killer right away as prepacked meals need to be suitable for cooking both ways.

Cheers Garyble,
I have a few books on the stock market. Some of it is obvious, some not too bad to understand, and a large bit way over my head. I find the advise on these threads re the workings of the system often more helpful.
I now know about ten times as much as I did prior to starting to wade through said books. I know a bit now, whereas before as Manuel (Fawlty Towers) would say " I know nothing". A bit like SEO investor relations info line. I wonder if Manuel now works there. PR manager perhaps.

There have been many articles stating the power of supermarkets over their suppliers. It is often stated that the power is due to many suppliers being almost exclusive to these companies. The same applies for packaging companies. Many are almost solo reliant on even 1 particular supermarket.
Remember the passenger in flight food suppliers to the airlines, Gate Gourmet that almost went bust last summer due to a strike. The managers stated that if those airlines did not renew contracts the company would either go bust or reduce the workforce drastically.
Also many reports have stated that due to tightening margins between such suppliers via profit per item, they have to reduce waste and costs re packaging materials.
The bottom line is that if ASDA or any other of the big 4 decide they want Greanseal, Starpol of any other SEO product, there suppliers will either jump to their command or face the consequences.

Snip
You cam't have it both ways. I give you 6 out of 10

Snip - 13 Oct 2005 12:06 - 48 of 60
up to re-test 18 imo

bosley - 13 Oct 2005 12:41 - 49 of 60
snip, you see this now climbing to 18p?

I regularly have it both ways.
But thats for another board.

I thought it was a two-prongued attack: 1) GS displacing conventional heat-sealers, the benefits being reduced energy, improved seal quality, etc. 2) Starpol materials........

IF the oven cook option is currently not satisfied by starpol, you can be certain there will be an RNS at some point in the near future staing that the boys in the back room have cracked it and Starpol 2010 is now undergoing a limited exclusivity period with .......

Are we sure about the oven option? I've not read anything official suggesting it isn't oven-friendly.

If it isn't, ASDA/WM would have known from the start - if they still felt its worth the trials, etc. then I dont see why we should see a problem there. They may have sufficient non-oven (i.e. non-ready made meal applications) to make it worthwhile.

This is how adverse rumours begin!

driver, be fair.

"Snip - 03 Nov 2005 19:31 - 58 of 60
very little support then 10p followed by 8p

This is happening quicker than expected

seo is weak "

Just read this from April by Terry Robins, not sure if you've read it??

http://profitthroughinnovation.com/content/view/184/

bos
That's what I mean about both ways, OK 7 out of 10

angusrjy
We have read similar stuff good find though I might put it on the research page.