Following LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) recent paper which highlighted the challenges presented by a pre-trade equities consolidated tape, Kelvin To, founder and president at Data Boiler Technologies, LLC suggests that the argument lacks some important empirical realities that should be taken into account... For the greater good... One premise of those who oppose pre-trade CT is related to aggregation distance/ location differential issues being inevitable or un-addressable. Yet, LSEG and the industry should be well informed by now that Time-Lock Encryption (TLE) can solve this problem... A better way to “manage” the ever-rising cost of market data/ PPs is by mixing-and-matching the use CT with selected PP(s) to optimise between cost and one’s trade appetite and style. PPs’ usage varied... If given the sell-side and buy-side a choice to use pre-trade CT, they would selectively drop usage of a certain PPs to save cost... both LSEG and NYSE studies are about ‘queuing and wait time at the checkout counters’ if putting in layperson terms... artificially altering the queue (equal waiting line at all checkout counters) may affect the “apparent,” not the real supply and demand for securities...? the FCA does not necessarily need the same trade-through requirements but still provide essential investor protection if policy makers consider the #Exchanges, #MTFs, #SIs, #SDPs, #APAs as different streaming platforms... TLE and copyright licensing mechanism have proven successes in other industries to lower cost and improve all 4Vs. Let’s agree to revitalise and realign incentives and capabilities with all market centres for the greater good of the overall industry. The pie will grow and with a bigger piece for everyone. #ConsolidatedTape #Equities #CapitalMarkets #Trading #DataOwnership #TradingVenue #BrokerDealer #pretrade #TimeLock #FCA #ESMA #SEC https://lnkd.in/ggkJ8ARW?
Related Articles / Whitepapers Time-Lock Encryption: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/market-data-available-securely-synchronized-time-kelvin-to/ Access Fee Rebates: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/rebate-tiering-competitive-pricing-different-market-centers-kelvin-to-u6l2e Trading Venue Perimeter (Exchanges, MTFs, SIs, SDPs, APAs as different streaming platforms): ?https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/rebate-tiering-competitive-pricing-different-market-centers-kelvin-to-u6l2e CT Plan Version 2 Governance: https://www.databoiler.com/index_htm_files/DataBoiler SEC 20240226 V2CTPlan.pdf Noumenon of US Equity Market Structure: https://www.databoiler.com/index_htm_files/DataBoiler%20Noumenon%20Equity%20Market%20Structure.pdf Copyright Licensing Mechanism: https://www.databoiler.com/index_htm_files/DataBoiler Copyright Licensing.pdf
References: LSEG paper: https://www.londonstockexchange.com/discover/news-and-insights/uk-consolidated-tape-equities-view-london-stock-exchange ? NYSE papers: https://www.nyse.com/publicdocs/nyse/NYSE_Price_Improvement_202208.pdf ; https://www.nyse.com/publicdocs/Tick_Constrained_Stocks.pdf ? CBOE paper: https://www.cboe.com/insights/posts/mission-possible/ ? SEC minimum pricing increments proposal: https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2022/34-96494.pdf ? SEC order protection rule: https://www.sec.gov/spotlight/emsac/memo-rule-611-regulation-nms.pdf ; https://www.sec.gov/files/rules/final/34-51808.pdf ? SEC Former Chair Mary Jo White’s statement: https://www.sec.gov/news/speech/2014-spch060514mjw ? NASDAQ articles: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/the-tick-constrained-stock-problem; https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/stock-splits-save-investors-and-issuers ? AMF research: https://www.amf-france.org/sites/institutionnel/files/contenu_simple/lettre_ou_cahier/risques_tendances/MiFID%20II%20Impact%20of%20the%20New%20Tick%20Size%20Regime.pdf ?