High-Frequency Traders: How the SEC Can Tighten Regulation While Maintaining the Benefits of a Competitive Market While Maintaining the Benefits of a Competitive Market
By EsqSocial Corporation 20/12/24
In 2010, the so-called “Flash Crash” of the U.S. stock market brought the overlooked practice of high-frequency trading into the spotlight for the first time. Initial efforts to study and curtail the practice, including a transaction fee pilot attempted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2018, have been unsuccessful. After outlining the substantial benefits market participants gain from the activities of high-frequency traders, this article argues that there are three potent and...
By: Moore & Van Allen PLLC