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Payment for Order Flow: How ‘Free’ Trading Makes Money

23. October 202622. October 2026 by Chris
Payment for Order Flow: How 'Free' Trading Makes Money

How payment for order flow works, who pays for your free trades, how routing affects execution quality, and what US and UK rules require brokers to disclose.

Categories Investing, Trading Tags broker regulation, order execution quality, payment for order flow, retail trading costs, zero-commission brokers

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