Enlightening the Dark Pools

- WatersTechnology Staff
- 26 Oct 2009

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It's clear that the SEC is looking to protect the block-trading venues by inserting exemptions for trades valued higher than $200,000 with appropriate counterparties that can transact the deal. The ATSes that find much of their liquidity in order sizes that closely match trade sizes on the displayed markets should be nervous.

Dark liquidity has always been used to lessen the market impact of the large institutional block orders, but the industry saw a good thing, took the ball and ran with it

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