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16 April 2026

Q1 2026 European Equity Market Structure Review

This review examines the record breaking European equity trading volumes of Q1 2026, driven by tech earnings shock and the outbreak of war in Iran. The data used is derived from the xyt Trading Data Intelligence Platform.

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12 Days of Trading - Day 3 - When That Christmas Gift is Not Quite What You Wanted
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12 Days of Trading - Day 2 - Will your house be on Santa’s List?
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04 June 2025

Scaling European Equity and ETF Data Processing To Deliver the Consolidated Tape
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27 May 2025

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22 May 2025

Machine Learning Revolution in Trading: Key Insights from TradeTech Europe 2025
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21 May 2025

ETF Trading Strategies: Evolving Execution Methods in a Growing Market
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13 May 2025

Assessing ETF Liquidity: What RFQ Spreads Reveal About the European Market
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17 April 2025

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16 April 2025

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28 February 2025

big xyt wins Best TCA Tool in A-Team’s TradingTech Insight Awards Europe 2025
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20 February 2025

big xyt shortlisted in the Hedgeweek European Awards 2025
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13 January 2025

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24 December 2024

12 Days of Trading 2024 Day 12: The Christmas tree of market structure
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23 December 2024

12 Days of Trading 2024 Day 11: Level Tree analysis
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20 December 2024

12 Days of Trading 2024 Day 10: A festive twist in the ETF market – change is in the air
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19 December 2024

12 Days of Trading 2024 Day 9: Flags out for Santa
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18 December 2024

12 Days of Trading 2024 Day 8: How does Santa select his reindeer?
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17 December 2024

12 Days of Trading 2024 Day 7: Paddington Excess – finding the sweet spot for liquidity
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16 December 2024

12 Days of Trading 2024 Day 6: Santa X is coming to town
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13 December 2024

12 Days of Trading 2024 Day 5: A festive tale of EBBO and European ETFs
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12 December 2024

12 Days of Trading 2024 Day 4: All I want for Christmas is a unique dataset
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11 December 2024

12 Days of Trading 2024 Day 3: Innovation unwrapped at the midpoint
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10 December 2024

12 Days of Trading 2024 Day 2: Santa can’t afford residuals
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09 December 2024

12 Days of Trading 2024 Day 1: Who swallowed the eggnog?
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02 December 2024

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27 November 2024

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26 November 2024

big xyt speaks to The Trade
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18 November 2024

big xyt welcomes Phil Lemmon as Head of TCA Sales EMEA
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14 November 2024

Cardiff University Investment Club integrates our xyt Lab platform
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12 November 2024

big xyt secures €10 million funding round to drive global expansion
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08 November 2024

big xyt wins Outstanding Market Data Provider – Equities award at The Trade’s Leaders in Trading Awards
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04 November 2024

big xyt shortlisted in ETF Stream Awards 2024
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01 October 2024

big xyt shortlisted in The Trade’s Leaders in Trading Editors’ Choice Awards
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26 September 2024

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02 July 2024

Votes to Volumes: Understanding Shifts in Post-Election Liquidity
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21 June 2024

big xyt wins Best Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) Solution at the Waters Technology Asia Awards 2024
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12 June 2024

big xyt named a finalist in the EU Markets Choice Awards 2024
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05 June 2024

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03 June 2024

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30 May 2024

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23 May 2024

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big xyt wins ‘Best Data Analytics Provider’ at the Waters Technology Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data Awards 2024
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05 March 2024

The Value Weighted Average Price (VWAP)
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22 February 2024

The difference between addressable and accessible liquidity
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09 January 2024

big xyt shortlisted in the Hedgeweek European Awards 2024
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22 December 2023

12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 12: Rudolph the Real-time Reindeer really led the pack this year!
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21 December 2023

12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 11: Cracking the nut: Unveiling the quirks and charms of spreads for European ETFs
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20 December 2023

12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 10: Here, there and everywhere, at the same time!
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19 December 2023

12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 9: ETFs unwrapped: Navigating the festive dance of trade sizes in Europe
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18 December 2023

12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 8: I’m a nervous fundholder, get me out of here!
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15 December 2023

12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 7: If you want your best profile, don’t dwell on the past
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14 December 2023

12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 6: Unaddressable letters to Santa
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13 December 2023

12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 5: Finding it difficult to concentrate with all the Christmas chaos?
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12 December 2023

12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 4: Is Santa on a diet?
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11 December 2023

12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 3: Big days, big stocks
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08 December 2023

12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 2: Market structure for guests around the table
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07 December 2023

12 Days of Trading 2023 Day 1: The Christmas Ball
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06 December 2023

big xyt launches portfolio liquidity analysis solution in partnership with Baillie Gifford
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04 December 2023

big xyt wins ETF Data Provider of the Year 2023
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13 November 2023

big xyt shortlisted in the A-Team’s TradingTech Insight Awards Europe 2024
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10 November 2023

big xyt winner in the Hedgeweek EU Emerging Manager Awards 2023
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03 October 2023

big xyt launches real-time analytics leveraging its proprietary European tape
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18 September 2023

big xyt shortlisted in the Hedgeweek EU Emerging Manager Awards 2023
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07 September 2023

big xyt shortlisted in The TRADE Leaders in Trading 2023: Editors’ Choice Awards
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06 September 2023

big xyt shortlisted in ETF Stream Awards 2023
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15 August 2023

big xyt shortlisted in the Hedgeweek US Awards 2023
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26 July 2023

Johannesburg Stock Exchange and big xyt launch new joint venture company – big xyt ecosystems
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25 July 2023

Did someone pull the plug out?
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05 July 2023

The proposed tape will show the best price but NOT which venue has it…
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20 June 2023

big xyt named a finalist in the EU Markets Choice Awards 2023
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25 May 2023

big xyt releases new free tool for trade verification
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11 May 2023

big xyt named a finalist in the Europe FinTech Awards 2023
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09 May 2023

Why do EBBO metrics matter?
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04 April 2023

big xyt nominated in the Hedgeweek US Emerging Manager Awards 2023
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01 April 2023

Beehavioural science is revealing emotional bias of trading
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29 March 2023

big xyt named a finalist in the US Markets Choice Awards 2023
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10 March 2023

big xyt winner of Best Data Provider Overall in the Hedgeweek European Awards 2023
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01 March 2023

big xyt named a finalist in the UK FinTech Awards 2023
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12 January 2023

big xyt shortlisted in the Hedgeweek European Awards 2023
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10 January 2023

European Equities Market Microstructure Survey 2022
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23 December 2022

12 Days of Trading 2022 Day 12: Rockin’ around the big xy Tree – Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all
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22 December 2022

12 Days of Trading 2022 Day 11: Those elves are an odd lot
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21 December 2022

12 Days of Trading 2022 Day 10: Santa’s got it taped
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20 December 2022

12 Days of Trading 2022 Day 9: Does Santa have a personalised number plate?
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19 December 2022

12 Days of Trading 2022 Day 8: RFQs… everyone’s favourite
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19 December 2022

big xyt shortlisted in the FStech Awards 2023
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16 December 2022

12 Days of Trading 2022 Day 7: Hold on for deer life
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15 December 2022

12 Days of Trading 2022 Day 6: Does Santa have a Czech mate?
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14 December 2022

12 Days of Trading 2022 Day 5: Ho Ho O…TC volumes bring seasonal rewards for some
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13 December 2022

12 Days of Trading 2022 Day 4: Using good data can avoid disappointment
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12 December 2022

12 Days of Trading 2022 Day 3: Look what’s in the (penalty) box
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09 December 2022

12 Days of Trading 2022 Day 2: Some people in Japan have larger presents (presence)
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08 December 2022

12 Days of Trading 2022 Day 1: What’s the Grinch up to Down Under?
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03 November 2022

big xyt wins Outstanding Market Data Provider award at The Trade’s Leaders in Trading Awards
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21 September 2022

big xyt appoints Anthony Huck as Head of the Americas
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19 May 2022

Product Update – EBBO Regains, Alternative Closing Mechanisms and Volume Profiles by Venue
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18 May 2022

big xyt to lead the discussions on data analytics for optimal execution at The Finance Hive Equities London event
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09 May 2022

Johannesburg Stock Exchange launches innovative new equity market data analytics platform in collaboration with big xyt
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26 April 2022

big xyt is a proud sponsor of TradeTech Europe 2022
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06 April 2022

Cowen Execution Services selects big xyt to support continued growth in European equities trading
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05 April 2022

European Equities Market Microstructure Survey Q1 2022
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01 April 2022

Data deluge warnings
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14 March 2022

Volumes alert! European equities reach new records
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09 March 2022

Calling all equity traders and sales traders
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23 February 2022

big xyt wins Best TCA Tool in A-Team’s TradingTech Insight Awards Europe 2022
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22 February 2022

Sustainable Trading launches non-profit membership network to drive ESG change across financial markets
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08 February 2022

big xyt launches the Global Exchanges Directory
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04 January 2022

European Equities Market Microstructure Survey Q4 2021
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24 December 2021

12 Days of Trading 2021 Day 12: Revealed: Your big xyt Christmas gift!
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23 December 2021

12 Days of Trading 2021 Day 11: An ELF (oops ETF) lesson for Santa
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22 December 2021

12 Days of Trading 2021 Day 10: Sustainable Santa
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21 December 2021

12 Days of Trading 2021 Day 9: Buon Natale
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20 December 2021

12 Days of Trading 2021 Day 8: Father Christmas… How does he do it?
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17 December 2021

12 Days of Trading 2021 Day 7: Grandpa’s view of Christmas since Brexit
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16 December 2021

12 Days of Trading 2021 Day 6: Systematic Internalisers… The market’s little helpers
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15 December 2021

12 Days of Trading 2021 Day 5: Dark Pools…. What’s in your Christmas stocking?
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14 December 2021

12 Days of Trading 2021 Day 4: Alternative Closing Mechanisms – what’s your festive tipple of choice?
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13 December 2021

12 Days of Trading 2021 Day 3: Corporate Actions… delivering the biggest parcels
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10 December 2021

12 Days of Trading 2021 Day 2: Dark Blocks… the nicest presents are best kept secret
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09 December 2021

12 Days of Trading 2021 Day 1: Closing Auctions… the desserts of the trading day
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19 November 2021

Royal Dutch Shell – is the party over?
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10 November 2021

big xyt launches European ETF Launches weekly update
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09 November 2021

big xyt partners with ETFbook to offer transparency in European ETF/Ps
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04 October 2021

European Equities Market Microstructure Survey Q3 2021
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23 September 2021

big xyt hires new head of business development for Continental Europe
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15 September 2021

Equiduct selects big xyt to provide data analytics
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23 July 2021

How fast is the market?
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08 July 2021

ESG ETF trends
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02 July 2021

European Equities Market Microstructure Survey Q2 2021
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22 June 2021

Is anyone else worried about this?
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11 June 2021

big xyt launches Market Microstructure in Practice with big xyt’s API
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04 June 2021

When is a Block not a Block?
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28 May 2021

New dark pools map reveals cosmic mystery
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17 May 2021

Happy to surf the waves or curious to know what lies beneath?
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29 April 2021

Kepler Cheuvreux launches electronic trading platform
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22 April 2021

Navigating the Post-Brexit Trading Landscape
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04 April 2021

European Equities Market Microstructure Survey Q1 2021
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01 April 2021

Wales to introduce independent stock exchange
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29 March 2021

big xyt featured in The Most Influential FinTech Companies 2021
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25 February 2021

big xyt wins Best TCA Tool in A-Team’s TradingTech Insight Awards Europe 2021
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23 February 2021

big xyt increases global footprint with expansion to Asia Pacific
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10 February 2021

big xyt nominated in The TRADE’s FinTech of the Year 2020 Awards
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08 February 2021

Swiss movement – the pendulum swings
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12 January 2021

MTF migration to EU venues… what happened after Brexit?
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03 January 2021

European Equities Market Microstructure Survey 2020
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23 December 2020

12 Days of Trading – Day 12 of 12: Santa sees everything… can you?
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22 December 2020

12 Days of Trading – Day 11 of 12: easyJet shares hit a snowstorm
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21 December 2020

12 Days of Trading – Day 10 of 12: I’m always touched by your presence, Elon
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18 December 2020

12 Days of Trading – Day 9 of 12: Everybody’s equal in the market……aren’t they?
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17 December 2020

12 Days of Trading – Day 8 of 12: Well this is a nice surprise… look what we’ve discovered!
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16 December 2020

12 Days of Trading – Day 7 of 12: Making the right choices… and other tips for passive fund management
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15 December 2020

12 Days of Trading – Day 6 of 12: What is Santa’s company vehicle this year?
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14 December 2020

12 Days of Trading – Day 5 of 12: Should the trading day start later?
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14 December 2020

AFME relies on big xyt as an independent reference for Equity market structure in quarterly reports
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11 December 2020

12 Days of Trading – Day 4 of 12: They might be giants
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10 December 2020

12 Days of Trading – Day 3 of 12: I spy… some patterns in trading
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09 December 2020

12 Days of Trading – Day 2 of 12: The many spikes of 2020
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08 December 2020

12 Days of Trading – Day 1 of 12: It takes two to tango
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04 December 2020

We’re familiar with going Dutch, but going English…?
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01 December 2020

Alternative Closing Auctions update
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25 November 2020

Were you caught like a deer in the headlights?
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23 November 2020

big xyt takes part in Harrington Starr’s The Fintech Focus TV Debate Series
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20 November 2020

You wait for one Closing Auction and then 8 come along at once
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18 November 2020

Increasing volumes point to favour with investors
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11 November 2020

Predictive trading in Barclays plc – is there something wrong with my profile?
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10 November 2020

Company management has had a rough time in 2020, especially in the energy sector
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10 November 2020

2 shots in the arm for markets, but at what cost to your trading?
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09 November 2020

Buy-side benefits from big xyt expansion in the US
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08 October 2020

European Equities – Market Microstructure Survey Q3 2020
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28 September 2020

Liquidity Intelligence: Ranking venues for larger trades
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15 September 2020

European Equities Market Microstructure – September 2020 Snapshot
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13 July 2020

European Equities – Market Microstructure Survey Q2 2020
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