On: Why are lithium prices collapsing?

[RandomLensman]

What is the issue with a dark pool, for example? They are generally not designed for price discovery anyway.

[quote → RandomLensman]

But wouldn’t it be better if the volume at least is shown on open exchanges?

[JumpCrisscross → quote]

> wouldn’t it be better if the volume at least is shown on open exchanges?

Empirically, no. Large blocks of stock don’t have a liquid market. Forcing them into the open means chopping it into tiny pieces while using derivatives to hedge, for the sophisticated, and getting hosed, for the unsophisticated.