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The Option Trader’s Hedge Fund: A Business Framework for Trading Equity and Index Options
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The Option Trader’s Hedge Fund: A Business Framework for Trading Equity and Index Options

by Dennis A. Chen, Mark Sebastian
May 2012
Beginner
240 pages
4h 57m
English
Pearson
Content preview from The Option Trader’s Hedge Fund: A Business Framework for Trading Equity and Index Options

13. Lessons from the Trading Floor on Trading and Execution

What Everybody Should Know About Payment for Order Flow

Mark Sebastian wrote the following in his OptionPit.com blog on 12/20/2009:

When I first began trading in 2001, a market making firm, let’s call it Firm XYZ, came up with a new and innovative idea to bring option volume to the Pits where they controlled the most volume, the Pits where they were the Specialist, or the Designated Primary Market-Maker or DPM.

This was called payment for order flow. The exchanges call them “marketing fees” and your broker may call it one of many names.

What seemed like a bright idea at the time has blossomed into a situation that is

• Bad for the customer

• Bad for the liquidity provider

• GREAT for ...

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