12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 9: ETFs unwrapped: Navigating the festive dance of trade sizes in Europe

Exploring the Christmas market of ETFs in Europe is like unwrapping presents - trade sizes above €1m do the tango on RFQ platforms (80%) and OTC (20%), while the smaller ones jingle all the way on exchanges.

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12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 8: I’m a nervous fundholder, get me out of here!

Some of you may have followed a ‘marmite’ celebrity reality TV show during the last three weeks. What is of interest to some is what happens as contestants leave - how the camp dynamics change following a significant departure.

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12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 7: If you want your best profile, don’t dwell on the past

Perhaps there ought to be a Sanity Clause to prevent envious kids turning litigious when they think they got a smaller pressie than other family members.

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12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 6: Unaddressable letters to Santa

Unaddressable letters to Santa may not find their rightful destination. Fortunately, with a flying sleigh, few destinations are inaccessible. Especially using Santa-Nav.

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12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 5: Finding it difficult to concentrate with all the Christmas chaos?

The presents have been unwrapped, the Bellini glasses have been drained, the kids have gone back to their rooms and the out-laws are about to arrive. After a relentless pre-Christmas week at work, it’s hard to concentrate on the tasks at hand.

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12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 4: Is Santa on a diet?

'Tis the season to be jolly, especially in the ever-evolving world of European ETFs! Did you know that more than 50% of the holiday cheer - we mean, trading volume - is now groovin' through RFQ platforms?

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12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 3: Big days, big stocks

About this time of year, the old family argument kicks off over which colour lights to put on the Christmas tree. At big xyt we believe that pink and purple is the answer.

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12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 2: Market structure for guests around the table

At this indulgent time of the year we’re all hungry (and thirsty) for market structure knowledge as well as a festive tipple. So here’s our guide to merry market mechanisms.

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12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 1: The Christmas Ball

Here at big xyt, we believe that Christmas is about both the liquid and the illiquid. A mulled wine is nothing without a mince pie, the turkey needs its gravy, and of course the Christmas pudding won’t flame without a drop of brandy. 

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Did someone pull the plug out?

Lit Continuous market share draining away in Q2. Intra-day trading in the Lit order books for equities has reached a new quarterly record low, as seen in our first graph. 

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