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They provide liquidity by internalizing orders and never bothering to acquire the underlying. Isn’t that the definition?


What you're describing is a typical aspect of brokers. Market makers provide large standing buy and sell orders so that anyone who wants to buy/sell a security at ~market price can do so.


I just described the sausage making of, “anyone who wants to buy/sell a security at ~market price can do so.”

I’m sorry you don’t like sausage.


No.




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