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Exchanges Inch Forward on ‘Clearly Erroneous Trades’ Issue
...take into account volatile market conditions by relaxing the above-mentioned parameters. One idea is to increase the above-mentioned percentages if the S&P 500 Index opens significantly higher or lower than...
Exchanges Ready to Standardize Policies for Error Trades
...into account volatile market conditions by relaxing the parameters. One idea is to increase the above-mentioned percentages if the S&P 500 Index opens significantly higher or lower than the previous...
Congressman Calls for Collars
...Rule 80A, which imposed trading restrictions on index-arb orders whenever the NYSE Composite index rose or declined by more than 2 percent from the previous day’s closing value. The rule...
New Short-Sale Rules A’Comin’?
...by some large amount, then, under the proposal, short selling in the stock would be banned for the rest of the day. Also, if some index such as the S&P...
Scarcity of Capital to Increase
...Exchange’s Volatility Index. The extraordinary volatility has widened spreads and made trading large blocks of stock an extremely risky proposition, industry experts say. As that volatility is reflected in pricing...
Capital for Trades Drying Up
...15—continues to storm upward and set new records on the Chicago Board Option Exchange’s Volatility Index. The extraordinary volatility has widened spreads and made trading large blocks of stock an extremely...
Traders Weather Record Volumes and Volatility
...market volume summary. As of 11:30 today, about 6.7 billion shares have changed hands.On Wednesday, the Chicago Board Options Exchange’s volatility index–or VIX–measured 36.22. This is the highest it has...
Fined Scottrade Looking Hard at Execution Quality
...policies in August 2006 when it noted the development of its Scottrade Best Execution Index (SBI), used for evaluating execution quality on a stock-by-stock basis. Scottrade didn’t always perform a...
Global Interest Gives Portfolio Trading a Shot in the Arm
...do more program trading.To begin with, the volatile market led to more portfolio rebalances, such as those of self-managed pensions using index-based funds, he says. Also, long-only managers moved to...
FINRA Advises on Rogue Trading
...the policing of unauthorized trading follows on the heels of a $7 billion loss at Societe Generale after junior trader Jerome Kerviel gambled without permission on index futures. Citing “several...
