Re:Stock Market: What Happens If Tesla Enters S&P 500
by quickthrowman on Saturday August 01, 2020 @05:13PM
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> What do you think is going on at the other side of that trade.
A market maker happy to take the spread on a trade from someone that isn’t going to slam them with 5 more 100 lot orders and force them into an overly large short position. Nobody is going to front run my 25 share QQQ order.
Citadel wants to execute our orders, executing odd lot trades from retail traders is lower risk and more profitable than transacting with ‘market participants’ with good information and lots of capital.
A market maker happy to take the spread on a trade from someone that isn’t going to slam them with 5 more 100 lot orders and force them into an overly large short position. Nobody is going to front run my 25 share QQQ order.
Citadel wants to execute our orders, executing odd lot trades from retail traders is lower risk and more profitable than transacting with ‘market participants’ with good information and lots of capital.