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Sweeping the book, ECN style....

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Sweeping the book, ECN style

this concept by its very discussion and definition is supposed to be impossible, given the structure and nature of the ECN and how it claims to do order matching and allocation,

however,

we as experienced traders, having seen T&S run the handles like a finely tuned piano being played, know better.

So, how is it done?

we can only post theories, and hopefully by shedding light to the subject reveal an exploited weakness that has been the bane of the industry and sophisticated retail traders. That's what category we futures.io (formerly BMT)'ers fall into.

ok, here's the script, in simple scenario terms:

A) a position trader, hedge, fund, etc wants in big on an Emini that it expects to move, and also react to its pending order being placed.

B) that trader intends to go long into an anticipated upturn that's beginning to form
C) that trader, using ES as an objective sampling, wants to enter 1,200 cars at 1,200.00 and sweep the book hoping for partial fills lower than his maximum price of 1,200.00
D) trader hopes to fill and sweep the entire Bid from 1,200.00 through 1,198.50 and each handle in between, until a total position of 1,200 cars is reached.

how would he do that?, in detail?
how or which handle would he put the order in at?
how does he attain price improvement (stock trading term used by Specialists, if possible)
how does he enter that quantity, without breaking it up or using some software routing algorythm?

(as before, please, only serious responses)

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Sweeping the book, ECN style

ok, here's the script, in simple scenario terms:

A) a position trader, hedge, fund, etc wants in big on an Emini that it expects to move, and also react to its pending order being placed.

B) that trader intends to go long into an anticipated upturn that's beginning to form
C) that trader, using ES as an objective sampling, wants to enter 1,200 cars at 1,200.00 and sweep the book hoping for partial fills lower than his maximum price of 1,200.00
D) trader hopes to fill and sweep the entire Bid from 1,200.00 through 1,198.50 and each handle in between, until a total position of 1,200 cars is reached.

how would he do that?, in detail?
how or which handle would he put the order in at?
how does he attain price improvement (stock trading term used by Specialists, if possible)
how does he enter that quantity, without breaking it up or using some software routing algorythm?

(as before, please, only serious responses)

I followed you up until D)

If you want to sweep the book to get long, you would be sweeping the ask so the price would move up.

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What if you are long, but know that say 20 ticks down there likely resides a large number of long stops, say at a major price level or recent swing low, etc etc.

I could see a sweep action to push price down rapidly to take the level out, followed by a lot of buying to move it back in your favor and build your position (at a possibly slightly improved price).

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careful

ever hit the Ask (right side of the dome) and think you were going long?

the understanding that the 2 respondents have, are the essence of the confusion over the term "sweeping the book", iow, it defies description,

hence, my description:

A) I want to purchase roughly 16times the average daily volume (during the 9:30am - 10:30am range) that trades in one order, without resorting to some order splitting mechanism

B) I want price improvements by buying at the current and all lower levels until my quantity is filled, thus removing inventory (hence the term, sweeping the book) or removing supply and eventually driving up the price or putting in a floor


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it has long been suspected and talked about, that this capability is reserved possibly, under non-disclosure contract, to massively large traders in league with the exchanges (Globex / CME, etc.)

whether or not this being true, its been suspected,

the question on this forum, is whether or not someone with knowledge (possibly no longer under restriction) or others who have seen the book being swept and suspect it too,

would like to weigh in on this subject

frankly, we're hoping this becomes a hot thread and a most educational one too

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kronie from a trader (you) talking to a developer (me) standpoint I still don't understand your question. My understanding of the phrase "sweeping the book" is taking out n levels. Looking at the 6E right now if I put in a buy limit order for 500 lots five ticks better than the last traded price I would have "swept the book" and the 6E would print 5 ticks higher until the usual price discovery mechanisms kicked in.

You can't buy the "current and all lower levels" unless there is a seller. I presume you know about VWAP, TWAP, Iceberg, etc orders that big players use to minimize the market impact of their trades.

Help me out in understanding what you want to do and I'll try to help.

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kronie from a trader (you) talking to a developer (me) standpoint I still don't understand your question. My understanding of the phrase "sweeping the book" is taking out n levels. Looking at the 6E right now if I put in a buy limit order for 500 lots five ticks better than the last traded price I would have "swept the book" and the 6E would print 5 ticks higher until the usual price discovery mechanisms kicked in.

You can't buy the "current and all lower levels" unless there is a seller. I presume you know about VWAP, TWAP, Iceberg, etc orders that big players use to minimize the market impact of their trades.

Help me out in understanding what you want to do and I'll try to help.


trade weighted, not sure what that means
volume weighted, yeah,

what are the other two?

and, yes youi're right you swept the book with that scenario

however, what I have seen, especially when a tremendous amount of orders are kept server side and off the published book, but miraculously show up upon execution on each level,

there's something sophisticated going on,

and the scenario of purchasing in depth, all successively lower levels (price improvement) until a large order is filled, does exist

it evidently is not in the vernacular to us sophisticated retail traders, but it does exist, unlike what we're familiar with

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however, what I have seen, especially when a tremendous amount of orders are kept server side and off the published book, but miraculously show up upon execution on each level,


Just a guess, but perhaps in the situation you're describing there were both large buy and large sell orders for those lower prices waiting off the published book which only matched each other once price traded to that level?

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however, what I have seen, especially when a tremendous amount of orders are kept server side and off the published book, but miraculously show up upon execution on each level,


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Just a guess, but perhaps in the situation you're describing there were both large buy and large sell orders for those lower prices waiting off the published book which only matched each other once price traded to that level?

I think you are talking about iceberg orders. That certainly would not be 'sweeping the book'.

And it is a LIMIT order book.

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VWAP: VWAP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
TWAP: Time [AUTOLINK]Weighted Average Price[/AUTOLINK] - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Iceberg: Dark liquidity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Have not read it, but on my shopping list: Amazon.com: Optimal Trading Strategies: Quantitative Approaches for Managing Market Impact and Trading Risk (9780814407240): Robert Kissell, Morton Glantz: Books

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