HFT Purge Begins: SEC Prepares To “Remove” Some High Frequency Trading Firms

Sunday, April 13, 2014
By Paul Martin

by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
04/13/2014

Ever since Goldman’s anti-HFT Op-Ed less than a month ago, and since the even more recent full-hearted support by Goldman of Michael Lewis’ most recent entry into the anti-HFT crusade (one promoting the Goldman-supported IEX exchange), one thing has been clear: the days of market structure in its current format are numbered. This was further confirmed after Goldman exited both its legacy Spear Leeds & Kellogg designated market making post at the NYSE, and is said to be winding down its market-dominating dark pool, Sigma X. Sure enough, Post reports that just three weeks after the Gary Cohn Op-Ed, the SEC is “preparing to remove some high-frequency trading firms.”

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