market maker
noun
: an intermediary in a stock exchange who controls buy and sell orders (as by purchase and resale) for a particular stock or group of stocks
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The Texas Stock Exchange, which boasts funding from market maker Citadel Securities and asset manager BlackRock, intends to submit filing documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission later this year, TXSE Group, the company behind the exchange, said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 June 2024
This seems to have triggered a gamma squeeze in which market makers who had sold calls to retail traders, or even those selling calls to collect what previously seemed like attractive premiums, were forced to buy futures to hedge their option risk.
—Moneyshow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Main Board short turnover increased by +37% from yesterday, which is 62% of the 1-year average, as 15% of turnover was short turnover (remember Hong Kong short turnover includes ETF short volume, which is driven by market makers’ ETF hedging).
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
The job of another set of third parties, market makers, is to help price ETFs accurately and ensure that trades run smoothly in the public market.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 5 June 2024
This seems to have triggered a gamma squeeze in which market makers who had sold calls to retail traders, or even those selling calls to collect what previously seemed like attractive premiums, were forced to buy futures to hedge their option risk.
—Moneyshow, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Main Board short turnover increased by +37% from yesterday, which is 62% of the 1-year average, as 15% of turnover was short turnover (remember Hong Kong short turnover includes ETF short volume, which is driven by market makers’ ETF hedging).
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024
The job of another set of third parties, market makers, is to help price ETFs accurately and ensure that trades run smoothly in the public market.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024
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“Market maker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20maker. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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