MiFID - Best execution venue


Why choose the London Stock Exchange as your best execution venue?

Our markets provide the tightest spreads with the most depth and liquidity; reliably, and at speed, all day, every day.

We are an independent, regulated and trusted provider committed to increasing price transparency and delivering quality trade data to aid growth in liquidity.

TradElectâ„¢, our next generation trading system launched in June 2007, has delivered a step-change in performance:

  • average round trip speed of trading is now 5 milliseconds
  • enhanced functionality for our markets


The chart below is a snapshot of our central market statistics based on price, cost, speed, likelihood and size to help you gauge our performance compared with our competitors.

This information may be useful to you in relation to MiFID's Article 21 which requires firm orders to be executed with the best possible result for clients based on:

"Price, cost, speed, likelihood, size, settlement and other considerations".

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