Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Exchanges Gear Up to Comply with Uptick Rule
NEW YORK-Major U.S. exchanges say modifying their trading systems to comply with the recent changes to limit short selling by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will be a coordinated effort and should be completed by the end of the year.
Editor's Letter - The greed for speed
Speed is good. At least, when it comes to the increasingly popular phenomenon of high-frequency trading it is. Speed plays such a crucial role in this respect that if it were absent, high-frequency trading (HFT) would simply be known as... trading.
Prop trading: RIP?
Once when I was 16, about six months after I started driving to school and work, my heavy foot got me two speeding tickets within 24 hours. A major component of the parental wrath incurred was the loss of my car keys for a fortnight. The thrill (and…