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BigJim
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Re: High Frequency Trading
BigJim   2/24/2012 9:50:56 AM
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HFT should be outlawed, but all this call for action looks like to me is a call for contributions.

AskAsa
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Re: High Frequency Trading
AskAsa   2/24/2012 9:12:19 AM
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Call me skeptical but it's hard to believe anything stems from genuine concern in an election year.

Noreen Seebacher
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High Frequency Trading
Noreen Seebacher   2/24/2012 8:20:43 AM
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In a breakfast meeting  with reporters this week, SEC Chair Mary Schapiro said she is looking to curb high-frequency traders' huge influence on stock trading and is considering charging fees for the myriad buy and sell orders that are later canceled, among other options.

Schapiro said a large portion of equities trading has little to do with "the fundamentals of the company that's being traded" and more to do with "the minuscule aberrational price move" that computer-assisted traders with direct connections to the exchange can "jump on" in fractions of a second. Such trades, according to the head of the SEC, make up nine-tenths of all orders.

What do you think?
  • Did high frequency trading  contribute  to last year's volatility, and drive away lots of retail investors from the equity markets, as evidenced by the drop in overall trading volume?
  • Is Schapiro  serious or  just looking for campaign contributions from the HFT industry?
  • How big of a problem do you think HFT really is for the markets?

 





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