> Aren't all orders eventually public anyway?
no. most orders are not executed on the public exchanges, but by internal matching via your broker and a market maker. (also most exchanges only support trades in multiples of 100 shares.)
no. most orders are not executed on the public exchanges, but by internal matching via your broker and a market maker. (also most exchanges only support trades in multiples of 100 shares.)
I believe all customer trades/executions on actual securities should eventually be publicly visible, though there may be a small delay for them to "print to the tape".