r/wallstreetbets 🦍🦍🦍 Aug 17 '24

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u/WheelerDan Aug 17 '24

Its both, they don't want to pay for extra features and they also get paid to sell your trade before you make it, so that if an algo sees everyone's about to dump a stock, they sell first, getting the better price. It's called payment for order flow.

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u/josh198989 Who names their kid Josh? Aug 18 '24

That’s the one. It’s coming back to me now. Sketchy fuckers. Should be illegal.