CFTC's Chilton Pushes for Registration of Speed Traders at Golden Networking's HFT Forum in Chicago
Mr. Bart Chilton, Democrat Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, disclosed he sent a memo to the four other commissioners calling on them to adopt a rule requiring high-frequency traders to register with the CFTC. "With registration, my hope is that we begin a process of looking at these market participants in a thoughtful way," Chilton said in remarks at Golden Networking’s High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Chicago, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash...
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