Course of Sales

[Nero64]

How can you tell who is buying and who is selling looking at the Course of Sales screen.

4:15:44 PM 2.338 950600 $2,222,502.8 XTOS
2:08:43 PM 2.422 492041 $1,191,723.3 XTOS
2:08:43 PM 2.422 492041 $1,191,723.3 XTOS

For instance In above you have a double transaction at 2:08pm. Since this is double does this show the seller first and then the buyer.

But if you look at the 4:15pm transaction how do we know if this is a buyer or seller?

 

[Wysiwyg]

In a transaction there is a buyer and seller. What you mean is which one initiated the transaction.

Usually, if the price for a transaction is higher than previous price is because a buyer has accepted the sellers price. The buyer initiated.

If the price for a transaction is lower than previous price is because a seller has accepted the buyers price. The seller initiated.

Don`t know how to tell the difference if the price is the same when checking the daily course of sales.

 

[Largesse]

i may be wrong, but those trades you have there look like options settlements?

 

[Boggo]

Some interesting (automated I presume) action on TLS in the last 10 mins.

Continual buying at $3.31 for same size lots.

(I see it as a short below 3.35)

 

[beamstas]

Nero, for everyone buying a share there is a share being sold.
So they are not "buys" or "sells", they are "trades"

Brad

 

[Timmy]

i may be wrong, but those trades you have there look like options settlements?

Check out this thread, What is a Cross Trade (XT)? for a description of what those codes mean after a transaction report in the Course of Sales.