Topics: Comment

  • Algo Trading, HFT Wreaking Havoc on CommoditiesMarch 27, 2012Recent research showing a big jump in correlation between commodity and equity markets and among commodities themselves, over short periods from a second to an hour, has unleashed fresh bad tempered debate about whether "speculators" - especially high-freq
  • SEC Announces Proposed Circuit Breaker RulesMay 19, 2010In response to the May 6 “flash crash,” the SEC is publishing proposed circuit breaker rules to pause trading in certain stocks if the price moves 10 percent or more in a five minute period.