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by deathflute 4350 days ago
Excellent analysis. I am sick of seeing these Nanex posts(rants); the lack a basic familiarity of market microstructure mechanisms.

The market maker is not sitting there to let you run him over and thank you for it.

As a price taker, the trader has to incur slippage due to the market impact of his large order.