Tim Hafner, CEO and co-founder of OpenServ, believes social analytics are on track to become as central to trading as traditional price and volume data, underscoring a structural shift in how markets ...

Options order flow refers to the real-time data of options trades, which can provide valuable insights into the market sentiment and potential price movements. In this article, we will dive into the ...

Quant Data, a fintech company that offers low-cost access to option order flow, is expanding its product portfolio with a new mobile app. What Happened: Founded in 2020 to unlock actionable market ...

Robinhood, the uber-popular brokerage, helped usher in a new era of commission-free trading. It pushed established financial institutions, such as Charles Schwab and Fidelity, to follow suit. Sadly, ...

PFOF allows brokers to offer commission-free trades by routing orders to market makers. Investors often receive better prices than the NBBO via market maker payments. Critics argue PFOF may prevent ...

Thank you, Rich (Repetto), for that kind introduction. It is good to be with you again. As is customary, I’d like to note my views are my own, and I’m not speaking on behalf of my fellow Commissioners ...

Market-making on-chain trades is mysterious and important — and lucrative, too. The problem, according to pseudonymous trader Grug, is that crypto protocols with valuable order flow are leaving money ...

Payment for order flow (where market makers pay brokers to route orders for execution) and the duty of best execution (which requires a broker to seek the most favorable terms reasonably available for ...