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SifJar on March 4, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: An Update from Robinhood’s Founders

I think you may misunderstand the concept of "Payment for Order Flow"

rolltiide on March 4, 2020 [–]

In what way?

How would you describe it in a way everyone can understand in as few words?

SifJar on March 5, 2020 | [–]

It is not "leak user's trades to other traders", it is accepting payment from a third party in order to execute the trade via that third party.

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