In April 2015, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) approved changes to the TSX Alpha Exchange trading model. Effective September 2015, Alpha will apply a short processing delay (a speed bump) on orders to counter high-frequency trading and limit fleeting liquidity. Additionally, orders displayed in the Alpha order book will no longer be protected from trade-through (i.e. the execution of an order at a price that is inferior to a displayed bid price or higher than a displayed offer price) under the Order Protection Rule (OPR). 

In response, the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) announced … Continue reading →