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gaadd33 on March 17, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Wall Street’s ‘Private Rooms’

Dark pools started in the 1980s once the SEC permitted securities to be traded off the exchange they are listed on. I think that was well before flashboys.

LatteLazy on March 17, 2025 [–]

I had no idea they went that far back? Good knowledge!

chipsrafferty on March 19, 2025 | [–]

Dark Pools were the original "equitable market"; when market makers were trading in 1/8ths and fixing markets, dark pools enabled people to trade in 0.01 increments.

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