The work of the Stock Exchange

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Identifikator:: 1831284952

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-225876

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Meeker, James Edward http://d-nb.info/gnd/126597340

Title:: The work of the Stock Exchange

Edition:: Revised edition

Place of publication:: New York

Publisher:: The Ronald Press Company

Year of publication:: [1930]

Scope:: XVI, 720 Seiten; Illustrationen, Diagramme

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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616 APPENDIX has orders from two principals to buy and to sell and not to give up, such orders being executed in accordance with Section 13 of Chapter I, in which case he must add to his name on the report the words ‘on order.’ “Sec. 2. When a member either takes the book of a Specialist temporarily or an order from another member, he shall, while he is in possession of that book or order and for the balance of that particular day, stand in the same relationship to the book or order as the Specialist or other member himself.” (VIIIe) The provisions in the Rules of the New York Stock Exchange relating to this phase of members’ operations are as follows: Chapter I. Sec. 13 (p. 80) “When a member has an order to buy and an order to sell the same security, he must offer such security, if bonds at }§ of 19, and if stocks at 14 of one dollar, higher than his bid before making a transaction with himself, if not so already bid or offered.” (VIIIf) The following sequence of events is typical as a cause of misunderstandings arising from the use of orders “on stop.” Com- mission broker A—let us say—obtains an order from his customer, Jones, to sell 100 shares of a rather inactive stock at the market. When A arrives at the post where the given stock is traded in, it is quoted “63 bid, 68 asked.” A says to the specialist B, “I have a market order to sell.” B replies, “I want 200 at 63. I'll stop 100 with you,” (i.e, if a sale is publicly made at 63, A and B will conclude a private sale of 100 shares at that price). A moment later broker C enters the crowd and offers 200 shares for sale. B says to him, “I am bidding for 100 (the remaining 100 of his original 200 shares to buy). I also have a market order to sell, so that no matter what you offer your stock at, I must offer it 1% lower.” Under the circumstances C says, “I will sell you 100 at 63,” to which B agrees. On this sale the order on stop between A and B is also executed. Thus, A sells his stock at 63, and B purchases his 200 shares at that price. But since the order on stop is a private transaction it is not printed on the tape and only C's sale of 100 to B is regarded as “100 shares at 63.” The market then becomes stronger and C’s order for the remaining 100 to sell is canceled. Soon D comes into the crowd and concludes a sale with E at 64. Meanwhile, A’s customer, Jones, watches the tape. He sees the quotation 100 at 63 (made on C’s sale to B), and not understanding that orders on stop are not recorded there, takes it for his own. If the market had continued to decline, he would consider himself

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