Market Structure

Dark Pool

Definition

Private trading venues where buy and sell orders are matched without pre-trade transparency. Used by institutions to execute large block trades without moving the lit market. ASIC requires dark trades over certain size thresholds to be reported.

Related Terms

Cboe Australia

The alternative ASX trading venue (rebranded from Chi-X Australia in 2022). Operates a competing lit order book — ASX-listed securities trade on both venues with a single best-bid-offer aggregated across them.

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