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0 pointswbl6y ago0 comments

The SEC did one for Knight Capital.

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Being down for a trading day is not the same as actively selling $440 million in assets.

I would argue that it is worse for a retail brokerage to be down for a day than it is for a trading firm to blow themselves up, though I suppose the latter was more about creating a disorderly market.

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0 pointswbl6y ago0 comments

The SEC did one for Knight Capital.

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SkyPuncher6y ago

Being down for a trading day is not the same as actively selling $440 million in assets.

wocram6y ago

I would argue that it is worse for a retail brokerage to be down for a day than it is for a trading firm to blow themselves up, though I suppose the latter was more about creating a disorderly market.

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