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		tomp on Feb 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It’s Time for Real Time Settlement Which is such a basic idea that it’s impossible that they didn’t come up with it themselves and had to be schooled by Vlad. It’s like the “smart guy” having an insightful moment in a sci-fi movie: “I got it, we’ll use gravity assist!” Astrophysics 101.

auntienomen on Feb 3, 2021 [–]

I think the point is that Robinhood made a promise to net out trades, by bringing some balance to the buys and sells in their book.

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