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Quantifying the Cost of Maker-Taker Markets

"Free" is usually where the inefficiencies begin, Nasdaq's Phil Mackintosh writes.

10.12.2020 By Phil Mackintosh, Nasdaq |

Pragma Securities report says inverted venues don't promote leakage.

Massachusetts to Probe Exchange Rebate Pricing

Massachusetts joins SEC in examining the way exchanges pay for order flow.

FlexTrade notes the long-awaited pilot may be in limbo or postponed.

02.15.2017 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

The maker-taker pricing scheme is losing favor among traders and brokers.

Nasdaq CEO Backs Lowering Maker-Taker Fees, SEC Pilot Program

Maker-Taker Pilot Likely to be Recommended by EMSAC

TMX Eyes Further Compression of ‘Maker-Taker’

Exchange group reports positive feedback on the first reduction implemented in June.

02.02.2016 By Terry Flanagan | Terry Flanagan is Managing Director at Markets Media Group, where he oversees the Markets Media, Traders Magazine, and GlobalTrading platforms. A former Bloomberg reporter and editor, as well as a financial research analyst, his primary goal is to make MMG content as high-quality and engaging as possible. Terry earned the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2001. In his free time, Terry likes to handicap horse races, host podcasts, and rewatch 1980s movies.

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Quantifying the Cost of Maker-Taker Markets

Taker-Maker Doesn't Hurt 'Best Ex'

Massachusetts to Probe Exchange Rebate Pricing

Is the Maker-Taker Pilot DOA?

Inverted Price Venues Grab Share

Nasdaq CEO Backs Lowering Maker-Taker Fees, SEC Pilot Program

Maker-Taker Pilot Likely to be Recommended by EMSAC

TMX Eyes Further Compression of ‘Maker-Taker’

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