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0 pointsweard_beard3y ago0 comments

They provide liquidity by internalizing orders and never bothering to acquire the underlying. Isn’t that the definition?

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jcranmer3y ago

What you're describing is a typical aspect of brokers. Market makers provide large standing buy and sell orders so that anyone who wants to buy/sell a security at ~market price can do so.

weard_beardOP3y ago

I just described the sausage making of, “anyone who wants to buy/sell a security at ~market price can do so.”

I’m sorry you don’t like sausage.

Kranar3y ago

No.

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