Some thoughts on how big market making firms (eg Jane Street, Susquehanna, Optiver) are structured. Note I have not worked at any of these firms so this is not based on any insider knowledge, just talking to people in the industry and extrapolating a bit.https://twitter.com/macrocephalopod/status/1361258918253633537 …
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This simple but elegant mechanism solves many of the scaling problems inherent in running a MM firm. It is also why it is a mistake to think that you can “run over” a big market maker by trading heavily in one direction with them — they are capable of leaning
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against or following your flow in their prop books depending on where they think the market is going. Fin.
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“... sell to them ...” ?
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If MM gets short, skews up to encourage others to *sell to them* (covering short; “buy from them” would make them even more short), how does the alpha xfer? MM side sold short and had to cover at increased price. Meanwhile prop now sitting on gain - kept alpha. Right?
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