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Market Makers and HFT: Who Takes the Other Side of Your Trade

28. October 2026 by Chris
Market Makers and HFT: Who Takes the Other Side of Your Trade

Who fills your stock order? A plain look at market makers, high-frequency traders, payment for order flow, and the risks retail traders and investors should kno

Categories Basics, Investing, Trading Tags execution, high-frequency trading, market makers, market structure, order flow

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