High Frequency Chicanery - CounterPunch


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High Frequency Chicanery
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High-frequency trading (HFT) is algorithmic-computer trading that finds "statistical patterns and pricing anomalies" by scanning the various stock exchanges ...
Markets: Up against a bandsawFinancial Times

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The Volatility Continues - Seeking Alpha (blog)

The Volatility Continues
Seeking Alpha (blog)
I wonder what the volumes would look like if you took the HFT's out of the game? I am sure it would be pretty horrifying. From a macro view nothing really ...

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The HFT Is All About Professional Growth... Not - Education Week News (blog)

The HFT Is All About Professional Growth... Not
Education Week News (blog)
What's got the HFT really worked up is Grier's proposal for "individual professional development plans." Grier wrote to teachers last week: "Last spring, ...

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Gold Surges To Near $1250, As Stealthy Flight To Safety Accelerates, Stocks ... - Prison Planet.com

Gold Surges To Near $1250, As Stealthy Flight To Safety Accelerates, Stocks ...
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As stocks continue to correlate with exactly nothing, and are once again lost in their own HFT dreamworld, which fools Atari in believing the toxic crap it ...

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Runaway algo shows new rules needed: CFTC's O'Malia - Reuters


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Runaway algo shows new rules needed: CFTC's O'Malia
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"There are some HFT cowboys out there, and they may be giving respectable HFT a bad name and not contributing much to these markets," he said. ...
Infinium's Oil Trading Fiasco Bound to Fuel Backlash Against HFTAdvanced Trading (blog)
HFT firm's faulty algo blamed for oil price surgeFinextra

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Nanex: There WILL be another flash crash — and someone will cause it on purpose - National Post (registration) (blog)

Nanex: There WILL be another flash crash — and someone will cause it on purpose
National Post (registration) (blog)
Many (mostly high frequency traders) counter-argue that hard evidence of HFT market manipulation doesn't exist because it doesn't happen. ...

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Nouriel Roubini: Double-Dip Odds Now Greater Than 40%, GDP To Be 'Pathetically ... - Huffington Post (blog)

Nouriel Roubini: Double-Dip Odds Now Greater Than 40%, GDP To Be 'Pathetically ...
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Xibalba: Demonstrating An HFT Algo Gone Apesheet http://www.zerohedge.com/article/demonstrating-hft-algo-gone-apeshit Skynet gone wild! ...

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Maybe The End Is Not So Nigh After All - Jr Deputy Accountant (blog)


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Maybe The End Is Not So Nigh After All
Jr Deputy Accountant (blog)
If you ask me I think we just saw our last sputter, that invisible hand has to be tired from jerking off HFT robots day in and day out for the last year and ...

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