Learn how dark pools work, why institutional investors use them, and how retail traders can benefit too. Discover which brokers offer access or insight into dark pool trades.

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Orders to the stock exchanges are to be handled on a so-called "price time" basis, says Joseph Saluzzi, trader at Themis Trading who studies the inner working of the markets.

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The Argument Retail brokers and trading firms say that the payment for order flow system is a win for retail customers, who have never been able to trade more cheaply.