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CFTC Targets ‘Runaway Robotic Trades’

October 26, 2010

Outspoken CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton said that regulators should look for ways to hold traders accountable for market disruptions caused by computer-generated algorithmic trades that run amok - that's occured on more than one occasion this year.  “Mini-flash crashes occur all too often” after a surge in high-frequency trading.

The SEC and the CFTC, along with their SROs, have been trying to develop a way to prevent another Flash Crash. The CFTC is scheduled to will announce today new draft rules to clamp down on disruptive trading practices.  “They don’t cause as much of a disruption as that of May 6, but more than once this year, runaway algos have disrupted markets. By that I mean, cost people money,” Mr. Chilton said in prepared remarks for an energy conference in Las Vegas.   [NYT Dealbook, 10/26]