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Show HN: A free, lightweight static page to get stock quotes using the IEX API

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Re: Show HN: A free, lightweight static page to get stock quotes using the IEX API

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Post by lil_tee »

sammyd56 wrote: post #40
koolba wrote: post #20

Very cool! As everything is done client side how about adding some parsing of the URL #hash/?query to encode data of a portfolio? That way you could have a single statically hosted version serving multiple people. Could even have a portfolio builder page that generates the encoded URL.

Here you go! No need to fork :) https://samdobson.github.io/stocks/?Banks=GS,MS,JPM&Tech=AAP...

Thanks, agreed this is a good idea and I added query param support here: https://github.com/toddwschneider/stocks/pull/4

Re: Show HN: A free, lightweight static page to get stock quotes using the IEX API

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Post by anonu »

Havoc wrote: post #38
anonu wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Robinhood isn't a darkpool - they sell their "dumb" retail flow to the highest bidder wholesale to the likes of Citadel, Virtus, UBS, etc.. etc... Usually they just pick 1. This type of flow is called "PFOF" (pay for order flow). These PFOF players also provide marginal price improvement over the NBBO... marginal - because they always make more money than they pay out - and take marginal risk.

Do they not match transactions internally first? Hence when they launched the terrible execution - not enough internal counterparties.

I don't know.. but it's a good question. Matching internally first creates huge overhead, compliance considerations, etc... Unless you already have the right infrastructure in place. For example, you need to report the trades. My guess is they wouldn't do this...
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