Are the big firms "stealing" ECN rebates?

Quote from Don Bright:

We pass on what we receive. But, we don't do a lot of volume on Nasdaq anyway.

Don

Remind us again why you don't trade Nasdaq.
 
Quote from giggollo:

I wonder which other firms are collecting it and passing it to customers, and also, what makes a firm like Bright or Swift pass it to their customers, when they know they could just put it in their pockets (Perhaps in Bright's case, their NASDAQ volume is too small to even bother)

I think you misunderstood Don's post. He said that Bright does relatively little Nasdaq trading, and therefore does not have the volume to earn the 'extra' rebates that you refer to. They pass along the regular 0.2 cps rebate that everyone else does, as I understood it.
 
Its not 30 mm shares a month....its avg of 30mm shares a day. So if you are with a firm that does 600mm nasdaq shares a day... then you would be entitled to it. Not many prop firms are getting the rebate, unless they have some sort of algorithmic trading system for CSCO INTC MSFT etc.,.

Banker


Rebate for Adding Liquidity
Average Daily Shares of Liquidity Added Rebate for Adding
Liquidity (Per Share Executed)
Greater than 30 million $0.0025
Less than or equal to 30 million $0.0020
 
Quote from stock777:

Remind us again why you don't trade Nasdaq.

Over the years the NYSE was easier to taperead, single place market vs. fragmented market, multiple MM's who didn't have to follow the same rules that we do/did. No price improvement, no opening only orders, no MOC's, etc. Things are changing however, and we'll see how the hybrid NYSE rolls out.

We're doing a lot more now, actually, due to our enormous number of pairs traders. With the more quantitative strategies, it's fine to pair up with a nasdaq stock.

Don
 
Quote from TRADERBM:

Arent there other ECNs that offer .0022 (rebate)/ .0027 (to take)?

yeah BATS, EDGX/EDGA and TRAC all offer higher rebates and less than .003 to take...

cheers!

mnx
 
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