Re:Why Are Lithium Prices Collapsing?
by quote on Sunday April 30, 2023 @06:17AM
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But wouldn’t it be better if the volume at least is shown on open exchanges?
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Re:Why Are Lithium Prices Collapsing?
by JumpCrisscross on Sunday April 30, 2023 @10:07AM
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> wouldn’t it be better if the volume at least is shown on open exchanges?
Empirically, no. Large blocks of stock don’t have a liquid market; they’re closed to a banked transaction than a pure trade. Forcing them into the open simply means chopping it into tiny pieces while using derivatives to hedge, for the sophisticated, and getting hosed, for the unsophisticated.