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 ...

Robinhood’s zero-commission trading model came under scrutiny earlier this year during the WallStreetBets-fueled trading frenzy in GameStop Corp. (NYSE:GME) and other so-called “meme” stocks. The zero ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Payment for order flow (where market makers pay brokers to route orders for execution) and the duty of best execution (which requires a broker to seek the most favorable terms reasonably available for ...

High Frequency Traders (HFTs) like Citadel are catching considerable flack in the wake of the GameStop phenom. HFTs are blamed for adding an unnecessary cost, payments for order flow, to retail ...