This book offers a look at equity markets and what they have experienced since the 1997 Order Handling Rules were instituted. Specifically, it examines the tremendous technology innovation, intensified competition between an expanding set of alternative trading venues, and continuing regulatory...

Preface -- Chapter 1 Integrity of Price Discovery -- Chapter 2 A Global Perspective -- Chapter 3 Integrity of Price Discovery -- Chapter 4 Integrity of a Marketplace -- Chapter 5 Trader Perspective -- Chapter 6 Integrity of Market Regulation -- Chapter 7 Equity Trading in the Fast Lane

The Call Auction Alternative -- The Broad Perspective -- View From a Market Maker -- Alternative Call Auction Designs -- Darwinism vs. Protectionism In the US Equity Markets; the Case for Real Competition -- View from a Derivatives Exchange -- Integrating Call and Continuous Trading -- A Call...