- Market makers, also known as dealing desk (DD) brokers.
- Direct Market Access Brokers (DMA), also called the non-dealing desk (NDD) brokers or Straight Through Processing (STP) brokers.
- ECN (Electronic Communication Network) Brokers
- Now let us look at these different types of brokers in more detail, reviewing the pros and cons of each brokerage model.
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