Potentially stupid market structure question of the day: If PFOF were eliminated, wouldn't market makers be forced to give price improvement to win flow? If I pay $.50 for an order w/PFOF and $1 w/PI, if PFOF weren't an option I could still pay the $1 to win flow, right?
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Does anyone have evidence that retail brokers don't get the same PFOF rate from each of the MMs they route to? If no, any evidence that MMs aren't competing for flow based on PI already?
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This is a helpful thread. It seems like PFOF is a result of trying to capture the market of discount brokerages, rather than a necessity on the part of MM
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and externalities of PFOF, meaning how much does PFOF hurt execution quality for other participants, such as larger institutions such as pensions
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