Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME) has launched SpainAtMid, a new non-displayed liquidity pool for Spanish equities, which enables trades in Spanish securities to be executed at the midpoint of the bid-ask spread. This advanced order book offers an additional liquidity source for high-volume trades, allowing participants to minimise market impact while ensuring robust and efficient execution.
Designed to integrate seamlessly with the BME central order book, SpainAtMid functions during the continuous trading phase. It provides flexibility for trading participants through two routing options: direct orders, which execute exclusively at SpainAtMid, and sweep orders, which prioritise SpainAtMid before routing to the central order book if unexecuted. Orders can be customised with conditions such as “Execute or Cancel” or “Minimum Volume.”
Iván Lorenzo, Product Manager, Equity Product at BME, commented: “SpainAtMid has been developed to meet the growing demand from our clients for non-displayed execution in Spanish securities. In Switzerland, SwissAtMid had been introduced in 2016 and fundamentally reshaped the trading landscape for Swiss Equities. With our extensive experience in this area in the Swiss market, we believe we are well placed to offer this option in Spain. By emulating this successful setup on the BME Exchange, SIX enables clients to benefit from the ongoing integration and knowledge exchange between its two home markets, Switzerland and Spain. And we are convinced that concentrating more liquidity on our exchanges is beneficial for all trading participants.”
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