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Actant To Provide Access To BATS Options - Market Makers Using Actant Quote Trading System Can Now Trade On The BATS Options Market
Mondo Visione  Apr 29  Comment 
BATS Options, a U.S. equity options market operated by BATS Global Markets (BATS), and Actant, a leading provider of trading solutions for financial firms, today announced that traders using the Actant Quote trading system now have access to the...
Is the bubble market making a comeback?
Bankstocks.com  Apr 15  Comment 
Greater Boston is the seventh "frothiest" real estate market in the country, a new report out this morning finds.
Orc Selected By BRED Banque Populaire For Market Making On Eurex - Upgraded Market Making Solution Offers Rich Functionality And High Performance ‘Out Of The Box’
Mondo Visione  Apr 10  Comment 
Orc, a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry, today announced that BRED Banque Populaire, a leading regional bank in France, has selected Orc Market Maker, Orc’s high-performance turnkey solution for...
MIAX Options Exchange: Revisions To Continuous Quoting Obligations For Market Makers
Mondo Visione  Apr 4  Comment 
MIAX Regulatory Circular 2013-15 includes revisions to continuous quoting obligations for MIAX market makers. The rule changes will become operative on April 8, 2013.
ESMA Publishes The Guidelines On Market Making And Primary Dealer Exemption - Application Deadline Starts
Mondo Visione  Apr 2  Comment 
ESMA has published the official translations of its final “Guidelines on exemption for market making activities and primary market operations under the Short Selling Regulation” (ESMA/2013/158), first published on 1 February...
Moscow Exchange: VTB Capital To Become MICEX Index Option Market Maker
Mondo Visione  Apr 1  Comment 
Beginning April 01, 2013 VTB Capital is a market maker in the MICEX Index options. According to the agreement the company will ensure liquidity for two nearby quarterly contracts with volume of 200 lots. MICEX Index option market making by...
MIAX Options Exchange: Amendment To Opening Quoting Obligations For Market Makers
Mondo Visione  Feb 12  Comment 
The Exchange has amended its rules governing Market Maker quoting obligations at the opening.  Specifically, commencing February 12, 2013 Lead Market Makers (“LMMs”), including those appointed Primary Lead Market Maker (“PLMM”), will no...
ESMA Issues Guidelines On Market-Making And Primary Dealer Exemptions
Mondo Visione  Feb 1  Comment 
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its final Guidelines and a Feedback Statement on the Exemption for market making activities and primary market operations under the Short Selling Regulation . The Guidelines are...
Getco to buy market maker Knight Capital for $1.4 bln
Reuters  Dec 19  Comment 
* New board to have five members from Getco, four from Knight
Orc Seamlessly Integrates Ultra-Low Latency Deterministic Market Data Feeds From NovaSparks - Market Makers And Prop Traders Can Seamlessly Switch To Nanosecond-Speed FPGA Feeds Without Changing Algorithms Or Screen Set Ups
Mondo Visione  Oct 29  Comment 
Orc, a leading provider of technology and services for the global financial industry, and NovaSparks, a deterministic FPGA market data company, today announced an alliance for Orc clients to use high speed FPGA data feeds from NovaSparks.   Orc...




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Market makers are individuals or representatives of firms whose function is to ensure liquidity in the securities markets, through bids and offers to the public in the absence of an offer from a counterparty. When traders place an order to buy a certain security which nobody is queuing to sell, market makers sell that security from their own portfolio or reserve. Similarly, they will buy a security in absence of other buyers.

In doing so, market orders are continuously moving, eradicating sudden surges and ditches due to buying and selling imbalance. Market makers earn profits through a spread between their buying price (bid) and their selling price (ask). The ask is always higher than the bid, allowing the market maker to profit from their inventory.

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