Big Traders Dive Into Dark Pools

Hi everyone !

What is everyone thinking about this stuff ?


http://www.businessweek.com/investor...102_394204.htm

I personally think its an good think...but my Oppinion is not fully formed yet , as i still dwelve into the different aspects of this..

Quote from another Point of view..

"It’s absolutely fascinating that these institutional players have had to form private networks to run their rackets.
How this is allowed is a mystery to me. It makes no sense from a simple supply and demand standpoint! You know, the basic principal of a “free market.”
These guys are essentially able to hide their real block sizes from the public side of the market.
If you’re not on the inside of this club, what’s the real size of the bid and ask books at any given time?
Sorry, you can’t know that. You’re not in the club.
Ahh, the free market. So transparent. So efficient.
Those index numbers and stock prices might as well be displaying random digits."




Kind Regards,
Aidan

Yeah, the basic principle of a free market is to buy and sell whatever you want at any price you deem appropriate. Nowhere in that equation is it required that this moron be notified about the exact size of that transaction for the market to be free.

It makes the game harder to front run the funds, but most of that volume is artificial anyway. If anything, it makes the markets pricing more efficient. Great idea in my book.

Thx a lot for ya answer DS!

but what do u mean by that ->