Market Regulation: High Frequency Trading

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- VIDEO: "High Frequency Trading: Progress or Problem?"
  Edward Tilly, Executive Vice Chairman, CBOE
  (January 5 ,2010)
Background on High Frequency Trading
- High frequency trading (HFT) is not new to options markets, which are heavily quote-driven versus order-driven. For many years, firms have programmed computers to analyze and react to incoming market data in fractions of a second... more
Status and Recent Developments
- At the Jan. 13, 2010 open meeting of the SEC, commissioners approved issuance of a concept release (with a 90-day comment period) to address high frequency trading and co-location as part of a larger look at the overall structure of the equity markets... more
CBOE Views on High Frequency Trading
- Generally speaking, the evolution of high frequency trading has helped limit spreads and increase market liquidity - efficiencies that benefit all market participants... more
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- CBOE Comment Letter to SEC on Equity Market Structure
  RE: CBOE Perspective on Market Structure Performance, High Frequency Trading and Undisplayed Liquidity
  (April 29, 2010)
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