Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Naive finance question: why do stocks have a an exchange they are listed on if they can trade on multiple exchanges and dark pools?
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Bravo Johnson
@bravojohnson
You use dark pools to do large trades without affecting the market price of the stock. You don’t tip off the market making it less lightly to drive up price
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Connor McCormick ☀️
@nor
right but the question is why not do everything in a dark pool? why do you need an exchange?
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Connor McCormick ☀️
@nor
aside from the protection from regulation, is it just that exchanges offer price discovery?
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Bravo Johnson
@bravojohnson
Price transparency, which can make it more difficult to assess value. Also it’s difficult to detect high frauds, ponzis and insider trading Not all securities can be traded in dark pools, only certain types are eligible, and not all investors are allowed
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