"tr8dervic"......Sperandeo? Very interesting that you were a specialist for all those years....at the NYSE??
Did you ever read the books on the specialist system by the late great Richard Ney? They were chart-toppers back in the day. They had a certain logic and candor to them that appealed to me.......but very controversial books with "the street". I read them all when I was young, probably still a good read but somewhat dated.