What I have read is the Payment Flow. But I think it is not really wrong.

E.g you say you want to buy the share at $1. then the backend payment flow manage to find a seller to sell at 95 cents. so it take this 95 cents and present to you who want to buy at $1 and pocket the 5 cents as profits. how is this flow unfair to the buyer? you are the one who want to buy at $1 so someone go and find and present to you at $1

It seems to be an increasing trend and I read in the other forum even IBKR is also starting to practice that. Let's be realistic 0 comm fees then the profits must come from somewhere for the broker correct? So with such payment flow I think it is not wrong but to some ppl ethically it is wrong ?

That is for Fill Order. If you go for Market Order (for which it is mandatory for fractional shares) it may happen? It is like in exchange to get 0 comm fees they do it their hijack way to earn your monies. Then it boil down to investor you don't want hijack you pay comm fees. If you want 0 comm fees somewhere need to give else how do broker survive correct?

What I have read is more brokers seem to be going for this strategy and IBKR is not spared. If they go for this strategy and yet still charge comm fees it is like double pain isn't it ?

ur eg. only apply to market order, I believe LMT order, u get wat u keyed in. is it not?

I miss Trump's administration..
at least US economy and inflation isn't in a mess like how Biden is cluelessly handling now.
Btw, Biden don't have any stocks.. he admit he doesn't have any shares in the stock market or even bond.  Hence doesn't give a damn on how the stock market is doing.

Source: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2014/...-savings-accou/

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/24/investin...rket/index.html

3300 coming?

i presume 61% retracement is a good time to ALL IN. 

Everybody ready for the leg down shopping next week?

It's going to be really rocky and choppy..(maybe some good bargains too!  )

I think worst case scenario.. Fed may just drop a 75bps to in there.

We still have ways to go to get to 3.5%~4% Fed fund rate.

Trying to time the market? 

Sometimes I'm baffled by Ringgit performance.
Many months ago, they said Ringgit is up because because of the demand for commodity like energy (oil/gas) and palm oil.

Oil price down/CPO down, Ringgit down.
Oil price up/CPO up.. Ringgit also down.   

Meanwhile I'm with those options trader who suddenly got caught in-the-money and prepare to get assign thanks to sudden market movement.
I realized that i have both Puts and Calls with the same strike price on the same expiry date    so doesn't matter stock go up or down, one of it will get assigned. I wonder if it really land on the strike price..... whether both will get exercised?

well now the CC is going to get called away, which further Crashing = good for me. i'll just sell CSP to take it back at lower price  .
But really part of me felt like buying a LEAPS 2 years down the road... If really it goes up in future, even by 50% you can still huat big big without Locking too much $$ on the stock.

I do have question regards to "Panic Sales" during a recession/market crash
A lot of videos promotes to hold and continue to buy or dollar cost average during a recession or market crash.
But from my perspective, "Selling" when a market is crashing isn't necessary a bad thing, isn't selling part of the exit strategy? i mean to hold cold cash and buy when market dip further?

Take my TSLA as example with my Avg price is $1000. If i were to sell all when it drop to $900, and buy again when it drop to $700.... even if it's continue to drop below $700 at least i avoided the $200 lost in between than compare to when i hold $1000 and the stock drop to under $700

3300 coming soon

I will just DCA accumulate.. no capital to buy puts on good stocks.    not willing to gamble also on knowing if market will go up or down.

just tahan.. during recession is like that. Once we see returns during recovery, then will syok and looking back will feel these are small pains
control own emotions and sail through these tough times.

been there before, withdrawal symptoms. all rally will seem like the bottom. that's why this time i decide not to time the market

worse is if you waited too long and the price went above your exit price so you underperformed hodl.

So far, the S&P500 has a drawdown of 23.5% since the start of the year. If recession were to hit USA, I wonder if the drawdown this time will be as bad as in 2008 of around 50%. If it is gonna be similar, then the S&P500 index could potentially drop until 2400 level?

Ini market structure?

Why u want t o buy EWM? U will get witholding tax on dividends.

If u want Malaysia, buy Bursa stocks directly

Uhhh that small window appear where my Calls and Put Option (Same Strike Price same expiry date) Premium shifted. I set a buy order to close both options, my CC got closed with more than half of the premium pocketed in. As for puts, since it's already in the money... unless something happen tonight which bring it out of the money then there's a chance it will close. Nonetheless getting CSP assigned mean average acquisition on the particular stock will lower. no harm overall