Robinhood’s Dirty Little Secret
Alphacution makes its case for where new market structure rules should, at the very least, be successful - as well as a clue for how our research influenced (and altered) Robinhood's business model...
The Mother of All PFOF Charts – Q3 2022 Edition, Part II
Part II - Equity PFOF Volumes / Wholesaler Market Shares: Alphacution organizes and distills 33 months of payment for order flow (PFOF) data from 14 retail brokers and 13 wholesale market makers to place a wide-angle frame around the US Securities and Exchange Commission's upcoming proposals for a major equities market structure overhaul...
Crypto Market Maker B2C2 Upgrades its Profile
There was one fascinating set of details that didn't quite fit into last week's Q2 2022 update review of Robinhood relating to crypto wholesale market makers. Alphacution shares those details here...
Alphacution Press: Fortune on Robinhood, Takeover or Turnaround?
Alphacution analysis and commentary featured in Declan Harty's Fortune article, "Robinhood once terrified Wall Street. But now the stock is down 73% and layoffs have hit morale. Will the next chapter be a takeover or a turnaround story?"
FTX, Robinhood, And The Hot-Crazy Matrix
Alphacution weighs in on the idea of a Robinhood acquisition by FTX...
Zombie Roundabout: US Retail Stock Trading Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels?
With retail participation in the US stock market down from its pandemic era peak, Alphacution wonders how far it could go...
Ranking Robinhood’s Wholesale Market Makers
Alphacution's analysis and modeling of Robinhood's latest financial disclosures leads to a ranking of its wholesale market makers, along with a couple important side bars...
Robinhood’s Anniversaries: Buying Rumors, Selling News
Late January 2022 coincided with Robinhood's Q4 2021 earnings release and two very important anniversaries. Alphacution commemorates these milestones with the following analysis...
Robinhood Discovers The Limits of Limbic Hijacking
How much of the all-time high volumes in US option markets are due to the "Robinhood Effect"? Alphacution makes its case...
Alphacution Press: Wall Street Journal on Robinhood and the Options Boom
With help from Alphacution and others, The Wall Street Journal's Alexander Osipovich and Gunjan Banerji publish this Halloween treat. Or, was it a trick?
