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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...
Sweetening the Pot
...Matt Hougan, editor of IndexUniverse.com, which provides independent ETF and index funds analysis. “I did hear a lot of push-back from specialist firms.” For its part, the Amex is the...
Thrills and Chills
...at a staggering 51.9 percent-the highest since 1938, when 57 percent of the days saw significant index moves. By comparison, the number of significant daily index changes for 2006 was...
Volatility Dictates New Algo Trading Strategies, Report Says
...financial issues.Volatility, as measured by the Chicago Board Options Exchange’s VIX index, has surged since August 2007. It jumped from about 15 to 30 in August and has stayed in...
