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Citadel Securities expands retail wholesale market-making into options

The cash-equity payment-for-order-flow fight is old. The options book is where the next share of wallet lives.

Priya NairFinance Reporter
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NEW YORK — The cash-equity payment-for-order-flow fight is old. The options book is where the next share of wallet lives.

Two retail brokerages said they have added Citadel as a larger options wholesaler after a latency and fill-quality bake-off that the public will never see and the payment terms will reflect.

Priya Nair

Finance Reporter

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