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Deal with it: a veteran trader’s take on high-frequency trading

April 18, 2012 Gino Vicci 0 Comment BATS, BATS Exchange, CBOT, Chicago, Chicago Board of Trade, co-exchange, commodities, computer-driven trading, Derivatives, Deutsche Bourse, flash crash, Gino Vicci, high-frequency trading, high-speed trading, ICAP US, IPO, liquidity, Markets, millisecond, nanosecond, New York, open outcry, price, pure market theorist, Regulation, Scott Shellady, stock market, trader, volatility

High-frequency trading has come under fire since the May, 2010 “flash crash” when the U.S. stock market sharply plummeted, then rebounded, in a matter of minutes. But one Chicago derivatives manager says the high-speed computer-driven trading should be allowed to run its course.