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Re: PNKBULLSHT post# 151093

Thursday, 05/05/2011 8:15:19 PM

Thursday, May 05, 2011 8:15:19 PM

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On the "trades" section for Ihub. When it shows buys vs sells. How can that show this accurately? Isn't there a buyer for every seller?


You're correct that every trade is actually a buy and a sell. The system takes a guess at what it was sent to the market as based on the execution price -- at the bid or ask. Here's a little more on it:

http://learn.advfn.com/index.php?title=Trades#How_does_Trades_determine_if_the_trade_was_a_Buy_or_Sell.3F
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