While month over month overall trading volume increased by half a percent in June, dark pools volume dropped by 5 percent, the third straight monthly decline, according to the monthly TABB Equities Liquidity Matrix. Barclays LX tops dark pools decline Of the dark pools, Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE:BCS) (LON:BARC) LX witnessed the largest share decline in daily trading volume from an average of 95 million shares traded per day in May to 82 million shares traded in June. Other large dark pools to see significant month over month drops included UBS AG (NYSE:UBS), dropping from 84 million shares traded in…
Dark Pools See Another Drop With Barclays 'In The Lead'
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.