1. As the Internet has turned the market into a mass market, technical analysis, once the domain of professional traders, has entered the mainstream. 2. Almost immediately, professional traders picked up on a glitch. 3. But even for the professional trader, valuing an Internet stock can be tricky. 4. But professional traders say that naked shorting extends well beyond shares in IPOs. 5. Day trading firms offer customers access to real time stock quotes, like professional traders on Wall Street see. 6. Day-trading individuals enjoy the same privileges as professional traders who buy and sell securities for investment bankers, investment managers and other financial institutions. 7. Despite the dangers, market officials and professional traders say that preserving the status quo is no longer an option. 8. Even longtime professional traders now face a powerful new market mover. 9. Extremely low interest rates in Japan encouraged professional traders and some large insitutional investors to make a complicated multi-market bet known as a carry trade, analysts said. 10. Greenspan also repeats a point made by backers of the Lugar bill that deregulated exchange-based trading could lead to lower costs for professional traders. |