Regulatory

PFOF Disclosure Failures: What Brokers Are Not Telling You

Existing PFOF disclosure requirements fail in practice — not just in principle.

What Is Missing

Rule 606 discloses routing but not individual account execution quality. Customers cannot determine personal execution quality degradation from any standard disclosure document.

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