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Nicholas Dunbar
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Financial journalist, data visualisation geek, managing editor of Global Trading magazine, founder of Risky Finance, author of two books
https://riskyfinance.com
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Some incredible numbers. In 9 months, Robinhood received $500m in payments for order flow from market makers including $136m from Citadel Securities. Market makers received $137bn equity volume and 150m options just in December alone. But it's 'commission-free'!
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Robinhood hit with US$45m SEC fine as market maker payments surge - Global Trading
Robinhood Markets Inc, the US retail broker that made a business model out of payment-for-order-flow (PFOF) -based zero commission trading, has seen two
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January 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Hey ChatGPT, how can I boost my country's sluggish economic growth? Give me some talking points for the ministers to move the debate away from borrowing costs.

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Keir Starmer pledges to make UK a 'great AI superpower' as he outlines plan for growth
The prime minister acknowledges concerns about the emerging technology, but says
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January 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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The comments are something else
January 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Six must-read papers on trading and market microstructure from 2024
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Six market microstructure research papers you must read - Global Trading
Global Trading examines six of the most influential trading and market microstructure papers published online in 2024. Competition and Learning in Dealer
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January 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Goldman lost $687m on two days during August turmoil
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Goldman lost $687m on two days during August turmoil - Global Trading
The need to keep generating trading profits means the US banking giant has to take greater risks Goldman Sachs experienced a total trading loss of $687
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December 12, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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Is everyone doing share buybacks wrong? www.globaltrading.net/the-challeng...
The challenge of share buybacks - Global Trading
Companies are demanding more flexibility in share buybacks, and banks are tweaking their products in response. The basic premise of a buyback is simple –
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December 4, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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Is the VIX index flawed as a risk indicator? The BIS weighed in on this and I got CBOE to respond.
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CBOE defends VIX against BIS criticisms - Global Trading
The BIS blames pre-market option quotes for August VIX spike, but CBOE defends its methodology The 5 August spike in the CBOE’s VIX ‘fear gauge’ to 66%, a
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November 16, 2024 at 10:22 AM
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From the Risky Finance equity tool, here is the S&P 500. The Nvidia return is not a typo
November 15, 2024 at 10:52 AM
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Ok, let's do this
November 15, 2024 at 10:41 AM