Table of contents : Contents 1 Introduction 2 Trading Stories Part I: The Structure of Trading 3 The Trading Industry 4 Orders and Order Properties 5 Market Structures 6 Order-driven Markets 7 Brokers Part II: The Benefits of Trade 8 Why People Trade 9 Good Markets Part III: Speculators 10 Informed Traders and Market Efficiency 11 Order Anticipators 12 Bluffers and Market Manipulation Part IV: Liquidity Suppliers 13 Dealers 14 Bid/Ask Spreads 15 Block Traders 16 Value Traders 17 Arbitrageurs 18 Buy-Side Traders Part V: Origins of Liquidity and Volatility 19 Liquidity 20 Volatility Part VI: Evaluation and Prediction 21 Liquidity and Transaction Cost Measurement 22 Performance Evaluation and Prediction Part VII: Market Structures 23 Index and Portfolio Markets 24 Specialists 25 Internalization, Preferencing, and Crossing 26 Competition Within and Among Markets 27 Floor Versus Automated Trading Systems 28 Bubbles, Crashes, and Circuit Breakers 29 Insider Trading Bibliography Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z