Quick Downgrade For Discount Brokers in Light of SEC Comments

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Quick Downgrade For Discount Brokers in Light of SEC Comments

As the SEC is considering changes to the little known “maker-taker” system, as first reported by ValueWalk, stock analysts have been quick to downgrade several brokerage firms.

The “maker-taker” system is one that permits brokerage firms to receive a cash payment for sending order flow to a particular stock trading platform. If this . . .

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Mark Melin

Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.

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