Electronic vs. Floor Based Trading

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schwartz, Robert A. (Editor), Byrne, John Aidan (Editor), Colaninno, Antoinette (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Zicklin School of Business Financial Markets Conference Series Baruch College
• Subjects: Finance.; Science.; Finance, general.; Science, general.

Historically, specialists and other floor brokers, in direct contact on the trading floor, have been at the heart of operations at the national U.S. equity exchanges. At the other end of the spectrum, electronic trading platforms have characterized most other equity markets globally for many years....