Chart stuff!
Trading today ... the bot was feeding (selling) at 19c and buying mid-point at 18.75, so every share it picked up at 18.75 it was making 0.25c allowing it to short more. As long as it controlled the buying at 18.75, very few sellers got through to 18.5c.
Here's todays 5 minute chart to illustrate.
Essentially ... if you wanted some today, you paid 19c, you wanted to sell - you generally got 18.75c. (From the
hidden mid-point 18.75c buy order)
It's hard to tell how many shorts the bot created as you have to know how many it sold at 19c then assume most the 18.75's were it covering, mid-point.
So ... if I add up (by eyeball) the
19c SELLs on the Cboe and the
18.75c BUYs on the ASX (very few 18.75 sells on Cboe) perhaps the difference are the shorts today.
Roughly 1,186,000 sells @19 on Cboe, and 513,000 buys @18.75 on the ASX.
If this is somewhere near it ... the bot shorted an extra
673k today and made (513,000 times 0.25c ) $1,280 on the 1,186,000 it sold at 19c and covered at 18.75c.
(
If there were 200k genuine retail shares sold @19c today the short figure reduces to 473k.)Or somewhere near that - perhaps.
But in essence - that's how the shorting bot is operating - it's just so hard to know what the exact details are AND there might be more than one bot working anyway.
Let's see what todays' shorts were tomorrow ... perhaps around 400-470k might be a good guess.
Cboe
| 3:47:38 pm | 3:47:38 pm | 18.75 | 155 | 0.25 | $29 | 1 |
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| 1 | 3:43:48 pm | 3:47:38 pm | 19 | 46,347 | 0.25 | $8,805 | 14 |
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| 2 | 3:42:07 pm | 3:42:07 pm | 18.75 | 8,348 | 0.25 | $1,565 | 1 |
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| 3 | 3:29:07 pm | 3:42:00 pm | 19 | 93,000 | 0.25 | $17,670 | 8 |
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| 4 | 3:26:43 pm | 3:26:43 pm | 18.75 | 10,000 | 0.25 | $1,875 | 1 |
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| 5 | 12:56:46 pm | 3:21:20 pm | 19 | 246,375 | 0.25 | $46,811 | 30 |
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| 6 | 12:45:13 pm | 12:45:13 pm | 18.75 | 2,222 | 0.25 | $416 | 1 |
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| 7 | 12:37:07 pm | 12:37:07 pm | 19 | 20,000 | 0.25 | $3,800 | 2 |
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| 8 | 12:30:20 pm | 12:30:20 pm | 18.75 | 600 | 0.25 | $112 | 1 |
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| 9 | 12:08:12 pm | 12:26:51 pm | 19 | 11,842 | 0.25 | $2,249 | 3 |
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| 10 | 11:44:40 am | 11:58:29 am | 18.75 | 62,126 | 0.25 | $11,648 | 4 |
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| 11 | 10:56:13 am | 11:44:39 am | 19 | 405,473 | 0.25 | $77,039 | 16 |
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| 12 | 10:47:08 am | 10:47:08 am | 18.75 | 2,000 | 0.25 | $375 | 1 |
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| 13 | 10:15:15 am | 10:43:11 am | 19 | 60,484 | 0.25 | $11,491 | 6 |
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| 14 | 10:04:23 am | 10:14:47 am | 18.75 | 13,000 | 0.25 | $2,437 | 2 |
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| 15 | 10:01:15 am | 10:04:17 am | 19 | 351,249 |
| $66,737 | 9 |
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ASX
| 3:58:42 pm | 4:10:49 pm | 19 | 96,167 | 0.25 | $18,271 | 51 |
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| 1 | 3:58:19 pm | 3:58:19 pm | 18.75 | 1,835 | 0.25 | $344 | 1 |
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| 2 | 3:57:33 pm | 3:58:16 pm | 19 | 1,067 | 0.25 | $202 | 5 |
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| 3 | 3:57:26 pm | 3:57:27 pm | 18.75 | 2,836 | 0.25 | $531 | 2 |
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| 4 | 3:49:08 pm | 3:57:26 pm | 19 | 50,541 | 0.25 | $9,602 | 12 |
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| 5 | 3:47:38 pm | 3:48:24 pm | 18.75 | 12,338 | 0.25 | $2,313 | 6 |
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| 6 | 3:47:02 pm | 3:47:38 pm | 19 | 274,884 | 0.25 | $52,227 | 41 |
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| 7 | 3:47:02 pm | 3:47:02 pm | 19.25 | 411 | 0.25 | $79 | 1 |
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| 8 | 3:46:19 pm | 3:47:02 pm | 19 | 67,361 | 0.25 | $12,798 | 13 |
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| 9 | 3:46:16 pm | 3:46:16 pm | 18.75 | 954 | 0.25 | $178 | 2 |
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| 10 | 3:43:48 pm | 3:45:45 pm | 19 | 5,578 | 0.25 | $1,059 | 7 |
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| 11 | 3:43:06 pm | 3:43:06 pm | 18.75 | 1,211 | 0.25 | $227 | 1 |
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| 12 | 3:43:03 pm | 3:43:03 pm | 19 | 31,517 | 0.25 | $5,988 | 5 |
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| 13 | 3:42:07 pm | 3:42:20 pm | 18.75 | 19,394 | 0.25 | $3,636 | 2 |
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| 14 | 3:42:07 pm | 3:42:07 pm | 19 | 200,033 | 0.25 | $38,006 | 13 |
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| 15 | 3:42:00 pm | 3:42:00 pm | 18.75 | 3,833 | 0.25 | $718 | 1 |
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| 16 | 3:32:13 pm | 3:40:56 pm | 19 | 1,692 | 0.25 | $321 | 7 |
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| 17 | 3:29:07 pm | 3:29:16 pm | 18.75 | 2,357 | 0.25 | $441 | 2 |
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| 18 | 3:28:54 pm | 3:28:54 pm | 19 | 7 | 0.25 | $1 | 1 |
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| 19 | 3:26:07 pm | 3:26:43 pm | 18.75 | 9,402 | 0.25 | $1,762 | 5 |
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| 20 | 3:22:09 pm | 3:26:07 pm | 19 | 100,024 | 0.25 | $19,004 | 16 |
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| 21 | 3:21:21 pm | 3:21:52 pm | 18.75 | 8,918 | 0.25 | $1,672 | 2 |
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| 22 | 3:11:21 pm | 3:21:00 pm | 19 | 1,326 | 0.25 | $251 | 5 |
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| 23 | 3:10:46 pm | 3:10:46 pm | 18.75 | 1 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 24 | 3:10:46 pm | 3:10:46 pm | 19 | 2,120 | 0.25 | $402 | 1 |
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| 25 | 3:08:16 pm | 3:08:40 pm | 18.75 | 62,271 | 0.25 | $11,675 | 6 |
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| 26 | 3:04:00 pm | 3:07:55 pm | 19 | 302 | 0.25 | $57 | 3 |
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| 27 | 3:03:42 pm | 3:03:42 pm | 18.75 | 735 | 0.25 | $137 | 2 |
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| 28 | 3:03:37 pm | 3:03:42 pm | 19 | 11,290 | 0.25 | $2,145 | 4 |
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| 29 | 3:00:59 pm | 3:00:59 pm | 18.75 | 193 | 0.25 | $36 | 1 |
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| 30 | 2:59:01 pm | 3:00:59 pm | 19 | 320 | 0.25 | $60 | 2 |
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| 31 | 2:58:29 pm | 2:58:35 pm | 18.75 | 1,452 | 0.25 | $272 | 2 |
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| 32 | 2:58:22 pm | 2:58:22 pm | 19 | 179 | 0.25 | $34 | 1 |
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| 33 | 2:58:03 pm | 2:58:03 pm | 18.75 | 1,139 | 0.25 | $213 | 1 |
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| 34 | 2:44:05 pm | 2:58:03 pm | 19 | 18,353 | 0.25 | $3,487 | 8 |
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| 35 | 2:42:02 pm | 2:42:02 pm | 18.75 | 230 | 0.25 | $43 | 1 |
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| 36 | 2:39:12 pm | 2:40:42 pm | 19 | 185 | 0.25 | $35 | 2 |
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| 37 | 2:38:53 pm | 2:38:53 pm | 18.75 | 197 | 0.25 | $36 | 1 |
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| 38 | 2:31:19 pm | 2:37:38 pm | 19 | 529 | 0.25 | $100 | 5 |
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| 39 | 2:27:55 pm | 2:27:55 pm | 18.75 | 1 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 40 | 2:21:44 pm | 2:27:55 pm | 19 | 1,957 | 0.25 | $371 | 7 |
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| 41 | 2:18:55 pm | 2:20:01 pm | 18.75 | 5,351 | 0.25 | $1,003 | 5 |
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| 42 | 2:17:13 pm | 2:17:13 pm | 19 | 3 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 43 | 2:15:09 pm | 2:15:36 pm | 18.75 | 121 | 0.25 | $22 | 2 |
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| 44 | 2:14:19 pm | 2:14:19 pm | 19 | 3 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 45 | 2:12:44 pm | 2:12:44 pm | 18.75 | 2,483 | 0.25 | $465 | 2 |
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| 46 | 2:12:14 pm | 2:12:25 pm | 19 | 286 | 0.25 | $54 | 2 |
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| 47 | 2:12:06 pm | 2:12:07 pm | 18.75 | 3,815 | 0.25 | $715 | 3 |
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| 48 | 2:11:51 pm | 2:11:51 pm | 19 | 200 | 0.25 | $38 | 1 |
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| 49 | 2:09:27 pm | 2:10:58 pm | 18.75 | 5 |
| $0 | 2 |
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| 50 | 2:04:17 pm | 2:09:22 pm | 19 | 557 | 0.25 | $105 | 5 |
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| 51 | 2:01:29 pm | 2:01:51 pm | 18.75 | 1,627 | 0.25 | $305 | 3 |
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| 52 | 2:01:04 pm | 2:01:04 pm | 19 | 4 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 53 | 2:01:03 pm | 2:01:03 pm | 18.75 | 4 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 54 | 1:58:27 pm | 2:01:03 pm | 19 | 10,715 | 0.25 | $2,035 | 5 |
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| 55 | 1:58:08 pm | 1:58:09 pm | 18.75 | 732 | 0.25 | $137 | 3 |
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| 56 | 1:56:16 pm | 1:58:08 pm | 19 | 12,656 | 0.25 | $2,404 | 3 |
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| 57 | 1:54:20 pm | 1:54:20 pm | 18.75 | 1,168 | 0.25 | $219 | 1 |
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| 58 | 1:53:56 pm | 1:53:56 pm | 19 | 7 | 0.25 | $1 | 1 |
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| 59 | 1:52:25 pm | 1:53:26 pm | 18.75 | 1,447 | 0.25 | $271 | 4 |
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| 60 | 1:44:03 pm | 1:52:25 pm | 19 | 804 | 0.25 | $152 | 8 |
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| 61 | 1:42:25 pm | 1:42:55 pm | 18.75 | 791 | 0.25 | $148 | 3 |
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| 62 | 1:41:39 pm | 1:42:25 pm | 19 | 3,184 | 0.25 | $604 | 2 |
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| 63 | 1:23:14 pm | 1:29:22 pm | 18.75 | 1,047 | 0.25 | $196 | 4 |
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| 64 | 1:23:13 pm | 1:23:13 pm | 18.5 | 5,581 | 0.25 | $1,032 | 1 |
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| 65 | 1:17:07 pm | 1:18:42 pm | 18.75 | 1,195 | 0.25 | $224 | 3 |
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| 66 | 1:16:15 pm | 1:16:15 pm | 19 | 5 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 67 | 1:16:06 pm | 1:16:06 pm | 18.75 | 2 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 68 | 1:14:11 pm | 1:16:06 pm | 19 | 6,112 | 0.25 | $1,161 | 4 |
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| 69 | 1:12:26 pm | 1:12:26 pm | 18.75 | 1 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 70 | 1:12:15 pm | 1:12:15 pm | 19 | 202 | 0.25 | $38 | 1 |
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| 71 | 1:12:01 pm | 1:12:01 pm | 18.75 | 219 | 0.25 | $41 | 1 |
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| 72 | 1:06:16 pm | 1:08:45 pm | 19 | 1,557 | 0.25 | $295 | 5 |
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| 73 | 1:05:06 pm | 1:05:35 pm | 18.75 | 2,153 | 0.25 | $403 | 4 |
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| 74 | 1:05:06 pm | 1:05:06 pm | 19 | 20,000 | 0.25 | $3,800 | 3 |
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| 75 | 1:03:41 pm | 1:03:41 pm | 18.75 | 227 | 0.25 | $42 | 1 |
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| 76 | 1:01:45 pm | 1:01:45 pm | 19 | 201 | 0.25 | $38 | 1 |
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| 77 | 12:58:44 pm | 12:58:44 pm | 18.75 | 637 | 0.25 | $119 | 1 |
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| 78 | 12:57:44 pm | 12:58:44 pm | 19 | 674 | 0.25 | $128 | 2 |
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| 79 | 12:56:46 pm | 12:57:02 pm | 18.75 | 986 | 0.25 | $184 | 2 |
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| 80 | 12:54:30 pm | 12:56:03 pm | 19 | 2,162 | 0.25 | $410 | 4 |
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| 81 | 12:53:09 pm | 12:54:24 pm | 18.75 | 866 | 0.25 | $162 | 2 |
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| 82 | 12:51:46 pm | 12:52:42 pm | 19 | 1,059 | 0.25 | $201 | 3 |
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| 83 | 12:50:51 pm | 12:50:51 pm | 18.75 | 1,078 | 0.25 | $202 | 1 |
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| 84 | 12:45:21 pm | 12:50:51 pm | 19 | 15,540 | 0.25 | $2,952 | 8 |
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| 85 | 12:41:36 pm | 12:44:18 pm | 18.75 | 1,399 | 0.25 | $262 | 3 |
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| 86 | 12:40:46 pm | 12:41:21 pm | 19 | 30,427 | 0.25 | $5,781 | 4 |
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| 87 | 12:39:38 pm | 12:39:38 pm | 18.75 | 198 | 0.25 | $37 | 1 |
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| 88 | 12:38:00 pm | 12:39:13 pm | 19 | 224 | 0.25 | $42 | 2 |
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| 89 | 12:37:05 pm | 12:37:30 pm | 18.75 | 893 | 0.25 | $167 | 2 |
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| 90 | 12:33:18 pm | 12:35:55 pm | 19 | 956 | 0.25 | $181 | 3 |
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| 91 | 12:30:16 pm | 12:30:16 pm | 18.75 | 1,111 | 0.25 | $208 | 2 |
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| 92 | 12:22:45 pm | 12:29:34 pm | 19 | 24,711 | 0.25 | $4,695 | 9 |
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| 93 | 12:20:17 pm | 12:21:08 pm | 18.75 | 2,342 | 0.25 | $439 | 2 |
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| 94 | 12:20:15 pm | 12:20:15 pm | 19 | 60,000 | 0.25 | $11,400 | 4 |
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| 95 | 12:17:06 pm | 12:18:36 pm | 18.75 | 203 | 0.25 | $38 | 2 |
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| 96 | 12:16:59 pm | 12:16:59 pm | 19 | 200 | 0.25 | $38 | 1 |
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| 97 | 12:15:53 pm | 12:15:53 pm | 18.75 | 211 | 0.25 | $39 | 1 |
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| 98 | 12:15:38 pm | 12:15:38 pm | 18.5 | 4,000 | 0.5 | $740 | 3 |
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| 99 | 12:13:28 pm | 12:13:44 pm | 19 | 859 |
| $163 | 2 |
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| 100 | 12:12:28 pm | 12:12:28 pm | 18.75 | 119 | 0.25 | $22 | 1 |
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| 101 | 12:03:39 pm | 12:11:32 pm | 19 | 2,519 | 0.25 | $478 | 7 |
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| 102 | 11:57:05 am | 11:59:49 am | 18.75 | 2,926 | 0.25 | $548 | 3 |
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| 103 | 11:53:48 am | 11:56:52 am | 19 | 30,073 | 0.25 | $5,713 | 5 |
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| 104 | 11:53:47 am | 11:53:47 am | 18.75 | 44,200 | 0.25 | $8,287 | 1 |
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| 105 | 11:46:30 am | 11:51:11 am | 19 | 398 | 0.25 | $75 | 2 |
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| 106 | 11:44:40 am | 11:45:40 am | 18.75 | 21,825 | 0.25 | $4,092 | 3 |
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| 107 | 11:35:04 am | 11:42:50 am | 19 | 599 | 0.25 | $113 | 3 |
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| 108 | 11:33:19 am | 11:33:19 am | 18.75 | 218 | 0.25 | $40 | 1 |
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| 109 | 11:30:25 am | 11:30:25 am | 19 | 84 | 0.25 | $15 | 1 |
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| 110 | 11:25:36 am | 11:29:23 am | 18.75 | 83,409 | 0.25 | $15,639 | 17 |
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| 111 | 11:18:14 am | 11:24:17 am | 19 | 2,062 | 0.25 | $391 | 6 |
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| 112 | 11:16:10 am | 11:16:10 am | 18.75 | 192 | 0.25 | $36 | 1 |
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| 113 | 11:10:43 am | 11:14:50 am | 19 | 869 | 0.25 | $165 | 4 |
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| 114 | 11:07:00 am | 11:09:43 am | 18.75 | 422 | 0.25 | $79 | 2 |
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| 115 | 11:06:45 am | 11:06:45 am | 19 | 199 | 0.25 | $37 | 1 |
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| 116 | 11:06:32 am | 11:06:32 am | 18.75 | 1,060 | 0.25 | $198 | 1 |
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| 117 | 11:03:10 am | 11:06:24 am | 19 | 34,723 | 0.25 | $6,597 | 6 |
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| 118 | 11:01:40 am | 11:01:50 am | 18.75 | 618 | 0.25 | $115 | 2 |
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| 119 | 10:59:48 am | 11:01:04 am | 19 | 468 | 0.25 | $88 | 2 |
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| 120 | 10:56:33 am | 10:58:46 am | 18.75 | 1,059 | 0.25 | $198 | 2 |
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| 121 | 10:55:50 am | 10:56:20 am | 19 | 7,820 | 0.25 | $1,485 | 3 |
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| 122 | 10:52:28 am | 10:52:28 am | 18.75 | 865 | 0.25 | $162 | 1 |
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| 123 | 10:52:05 am | 10:52:05 am | 19 | 202 | 0.5 | $38 | 1 |
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| 124 | 10:51:54 am | 10:51:54 am | 18.5 | 3,524 | 0.5 | $651 | 2 |
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| 125 | 10:51:53 am | 10:51:53 am | 19 | 20,000 | 0.25 | $3,800 | 1 |
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| 126 | 10:48:22 am | 10:50:02 am | 18.75 | 3,930 | 0.25 | $736 | 2 |
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| 127 | 10:48:22 am | 10:48:22 am | 18.5 | 818 | 0.25 | $151 | 1 |
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| 128 | 10:48:22 am | 10:48:22 am | 18.75 | 374 | 0.25 | $70 | 1 |
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| 129 | 10:42:46 am | 10:47:26 am | 19 | 5,460 | 0.25 | $1,037 | 2 |
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| 130 | 10:42:35 am | 10:42:35 am | 18.75 | 1 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 131 | 10:42:35 am | 10:42:35 am | 19 | 201 | 0.25 | $38 | 1 |
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| 132 | 10:38:20 am | 10:41:14 am | 18.75 | 27,447 | 0.25 | $5,146 | 5 |
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| 133 | 10:38:16 am | 10:38:20 am | 19 | 13,200 | 0.25 | $2,508 | 2 |
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| 134 | 10:34:05 am | 10:34:26 am | 18.75 | 395 | 0.25 | $74 | 2 |
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| 135 | 10:33:40 am | 10:33:40 am | 19 | 200 | 0.25 | $38 | 1 |
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| 136 | 10:33:00 am | 10:33:00 am | 18.75 | 1 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 137 | 10:33:00 am | 10:33:00 am | 19 | 2,000 | 0.25 | $380 | 1 |
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| 138 | 10:30:25 am | 10:30:25 am | 18.75 | 942 | 0.25 | $176 | 1 |
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| 139 | 10:29:59 am | 10:29:59 am | 19 | 2,700 | 0.25 | $513 | 1 |
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| 140 | 10:29:28 am | 10:29:28 am | 18.75 | 2 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 141 | 10:24:50 am | 10:29:23 am | 19 | 652 | 0.25 | $123 | 3 |
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| 142 | 10:22:56 am | 10:22:56 am | 18.75 | 1,557 | 0.25 | $291 | 2 |
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| 143 | 10:22:48 am | 10:22:48 am | 19 | 206 | 0.25 | $39 | 1 |
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| 144 | 10:22:40 am | 10:22:40 am | 18.75 | 4 | 0.25 | $0 | 1 |
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| 145 | 10:22:40 am | 10:22:40 am | 19 | 50,000 | 0.25 | $9,500 | 1 |
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| 146 | 10:20:39 am | 10:21:55 am | 18.75 | 1,639 | 0.25 | $307 | 3 |
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| 147 | 10:20:38 am | 10:20:39 am | 19 | 50,205 | 0.25 | $9,538 | 2 |
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| 148 | 10:19:04 am | 10:19:04 am | 18.75 | 50,005 | 0.25 | $9,375 | 2 |
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| 149 | 10:18:55 am | 10:18:55 am | 19 | 203 |
| $38 | 1 |
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| 150 | 10:17:24 am | 10:17:43 am | 18.75 | 4,050 | 0.25 | $759 | 2 |
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| 151 | 10:17:24 am | 10:17:24 am | 19 | 200 | 0.25 | $38 | 1 |
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| 152 | 10:16:43 am | 10:16:43 am | 18.75 | 10,432 | 0.25 | $1,956 | 1 |
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| 153 | 10:15:54 am | 10:15:54 am | 19 | 202 | 0.25 | $38 | 1 |
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| 154 | 10:14:27 am | 10:15:29 am | 18.75 | 28,449 | 0.25 | $5,334 | 3 |
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| 155 | 10:14:14 am | 10:14:14 am | 19 | 238 | 0.25 | $45 | 1 |
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| 156 | 10:13:10 am | 10:14:10 am | 18.75 | 6,054 | 0.25 | $1,135 | 2 |
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| 157 | 10:12:03 am | 10:12:03 am | 19 | 204 | 0.25 | $38 | 1 |
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| 158 | 10:11:25 am | 10:11:25 am | 18.75 | 9,000 | 0.25 | $1,687 | 1 |
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| 159 | 10:01:18 am | 10:10:20 am | 19 | 4,690 | 0.25 | $891 | 2 |
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| 160 | 10:01:15 am | 10:01:15 am | 18.75 | 27,940 | 0.25 | $5,238 | 2 |
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| 161 | 10:00:12 am | 10:01:15 am | 19 | 494,468 | 0.5 | $93,948 | 17 |
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| 162 | 10:00:11 am | 10:00:11 am | 19.5 | 78,560 |
| $15,319 | 24 |
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