A new bill is gaining attention in the U.S. Congress — the Market Structure Draft, which could seriously change the rules of the game in the stock market. Its goal is to make trading fairer, more transparent, and accessible to all participants, especially retail investors.
The bill proposes a reform of market structure, including:
• limiting the dominance of high-frequency traders,
• improving order execution conditions for regular investors,
• strengthening oversight of “payment for order flow” — a scheme where brokers receive money for directing orders to certain platforms.
After the “GameStop incident” and the surge in retail trader activity, attention to trading transparency has sharply increased. New rules could balance the power between Wall Street and regular investors by eliminating hidden fees and unfavorable order executions.
