> I think it’s bad (it’s weird/unfair)
How is it bad or unfair? Everybody wins: you get a better price, the market maker does a trade they're happy with, and your broker gets a little bit of money.
How is it bad or unfair? Everybody wins: you get a better price, the market maker does a trade they're happy with, and your broker gets a little bit of money.
I'm not sure what that means, but there's no scenario in which you'd get a worse price. That would be illegal under the Reg NMS order protection rule.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/order-protection-rule.a...