New Study Pegs Dark Pool Volume At 43.6 Percent

A new report reviewed by ValueWalk to be released on Monday shows dark pools account for 43.6 percent of overall stock trading volume while single dealer platforms comprise 17.6 percent of volume. Dark pool volume consists of retail wholesalers The report, “US Equity Market Structure: Q1-2014 Market Metrics,” released by New York based Tabb Group, defines “dark volume” as consisting of retail wholesalers, dark ATSs, hidden exchange and Single-Dealer Platforms (SDPs). Dark pool volume consisted of 84.3 percent dark automated trading systems and 15.7 percent single dealer platforms, the report ntoes. In the same time period, report author Sayena Mostowfi…