Now that almost every brokerage has followed in the footsteps of Robinhood and adopted commission-free trading, how do these companies make money? One main source of revenue is from a small sum of ...

Robinhood, the uber-popular brokerage, helped usher in a new era of commission-free trading. It pushed established financial institutions, such as Charles Schwab and Fidelity, to follow suit. Sadly, ...

Forex order flow refers to the real-time record of buy and sell orders in the foreign exchange market. It represents the collective actions of currency market participants and provides invaluable ...

Payment for order flow is a common practice in the investing world that lets retail brokers be paid by market makers, wholesalers and others in exchange their retail clients’ orders to buy and sell ...

In January 2021, the GameStop trading halt exploded across the headlines. Consumer advocates and the financial press pointed fingers at a number of industry players, paying particular attention to the ...

Senator Levin, just hold on a sec. Payment for Order Flow, as a market pricing schema might not be as bad as you think. That’s the opinion of market structure expert Larry Tabb, founder and CEO of ...

PFOF allows brokers to offer commission-free trades by routing orders to market makers. Investors often receive better prices than the NBBO via market maker payments. Critics argue PFOF may prevent ...