Monday, March 18, 2013

'Wash Trades' Scrutinized



U.S. regulators are investigating whether high-frequency traders are routinely distorting stock and futures markets by illegally acting as buyer and seller in the same transactions, people familiar with the probes told WSJ.

Such transactions, known as wash trades, are banned by U.S. law because they can feed false information into the market and be used to manipulate prices. Intentionally taking both sides of a trade can minimize financial risk for the trading firm while potentially creating a false impression of higher volume in the market…..

Read all about it at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323639604578366491497070204.html

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