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 ...

Predicting future price movements requires using the best order flow software that aligns with your trading style. You need visual tools to grasp complex market data to identify trends, resistance ...

I have used the following flow diagram (included at the end of this post) to explain to many people how someone trading a listed future contract on a screen actually has money moved into our out 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 ...

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 ...

Markets are a means, not an end. Access to investing, therefore, is a means to achieving an outcome. The debate around payment for order flow seems to have lost that critical point, centering on ...

Payment for order flow is the money brokerage firms make by sending trade orders to high-frequency traders or market makers. When an individual investor places a trade, the brokerage firm sends the ...

There’s no such thing as a free lunch. You’ve likely heard this adage about how you can’t get something for nothing. Yet, some “free” things really do feel free. Ever signed up for a “free” trial?

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 ...