Sarlok, the link is in the link library.

Rastaman There is a book called The Electronic Day Trader by Marc Friedfertig and George West.

Market makers, regardless of laws or responsibilities, are really involved in their respective stocks for 2 reasons.

1) To make their customers happy, to retain their business, and to generate commission dollars (for which they receive a percentage)

2)To make money trading in a proprietary capacity for their firm so they can get a big fat bonus.

Trading with these market makers is somewhat analogous to playing poker. There are a great number od bluffs, fake-outs,antes,etc., that occur everyday in every single stock. Sometimes it is easy to read the other guy's face and take his money. Sometimes you read him wrong and get burned. The pont is, there is no easy money in the market. Market makers need to take money out of the market in order to keep their jobs and get paid. They are not stupid and will steamroll you in their quest for profits. As a trader once said "The only reason there is money in the markets is that other traders put it there...The money you want to make belongs to other people who have no intention of giving it to you."