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Two Ways the System Is Rigged: HFT and Oligarchic Inheritance
Two Ways the System Is Rigged: HFT and Oligarchic Inheritance The net result of a rigged system is the vast majority of the gains in income and wealth flow to the very tippy-top of the wealth/power pyramid. We often hear how the system (i.e. our economy) is rigged to benefit the few at the expense […]
Power Trendlines
Power Trendlines Market action is heavily dominated by algorithmic trading and programs. Nothing new about that and it’s a reality of the market environment. In December algos were blamed for the steep sell-off, nobody is blaming them during the massive bounce off of the December lows. Funny that. Irony aside knowing where these algos live […]
Joe Saluzzi: The Markets Are Still Way Too Vulnerable To A Sudden Liquidity Disappearance
Joe Saluzzi: The Markets Are Still Way Too Vulnerable To A Sudden Liquidity Disappearance HFTs remain a major issue Joe Saluzzi, co-founder of Themis Trading LLC, outspoken exchange expert, and author of the excellent exposé Broken Markets, returns to give us an update on the state of high frequence trading — otherwise known as HFT. […]
An Unexpected Warning From Goldman Sachs: “Something Is Not Quite Right”
An Unexpected Warning From Goldman Sachs: “Something Is Not Quite Right” It was just over 9 years ago today when we wrote “The Incredibly Shrinking Market Liquidity, Or The Upcoming Black Swan Of Black Swans” in which we explained how as a result of the growing influence of HFT, quants and central banks, the market […]
On Guard Against The Banks
On Guard Against The Banks Following the events of yesterday, it seems wise this morning to take an in-depth look at the charts in order to discern what moves The Banks may take next in the hope of stemming this rally and reversing the trends. Let’s start with Comex Digital Gold. It has been in […]
Total G-3 Central Bank Control – Craig Hemke
Total G-3 Central Bank Control – Craig Hemke There’s a lot of amazement and wonder at how the “stock market” can be up today with the devastating news out of Texas and the latest North Korean missile launch. Longtime readers of TFMR know exactly how this market levitation is accomplished so this post is […]
Our Brave New ”’Markets”’
Our Brave New ”’Markets”’ How HFT algorithims risk a massive sudden sell-off One thing is clear: These aren’t your daddy’s markets anymore. Why? Because about 10 years ago the Rise of the Machines (aka high frequency trading algorithms) completely altered the terrain of what we call the ‘capital markets.’ Let’s look at this as a before […]
The Machines Are Going Mad – HFT Quote-Stuffing Desperation Spikes To Record High
The Machines Are Going Mad – HFT Quote-Stuffing Desperation Spikes To Record High It appears – for now – that the machines are losing control. Amid the chaos of the last few days in US equities, Johnny 5 and his ilk have been quote-stuffing in desperation at the highest rate in history… but it’s not working!! Source: […]
One Way to Unrig Stock Trading
One Way to Unrig Stock Trading AMERICA’S equity markets are broken. Individuals and institutions make transactions in rigged markets favoring short-term players. The root cause of the problem is that stocks trade on numerous venues, including 11 traditional exchanges and dozens of so-called dark pools that allow buyers and sellers to work out of the […]
Banks Rig Treasury Market
Banks Rig Treasury Market Boston’s public sector pension fund accuses all of the biggest US banks – the so-called “primary dealers” which transact directly with the United States Treasury Department and “have a special obligation to ensure the efficient function” of the American treasury bond market – of colluding to manipulate the $12.5 trillion U.S. Treasury market. […]
HFT, inept regulators & Fed distortion = more flash crashes
HFT, inept regulators & Fed distortion = more flash crashes As luck would have it, we had Joe Saluzzi lined up to record a podcast the day the news broke recently that the suspected culprit for the 2010 flash crash, Navinder Singh Sarao, had been arrested. Saluzzi is co-founder of Themis Trading LLC, long-time cautionary on the […]
“Another Crisis Is Coming”: Jamie Dimon Warns Of The Next Market Crash
“Another Crisis Is Coming”: Jamie Dimon Warns Of The Next Market Crash Last October’s Treasury flash crash — which Gregg Berman will tell you wasn’t the fault of HFT and which will likely repeat at some point or another thanks to the fact that Fed purchases have reduced market depth — may no longer be a once every three […]
How HFT Destroys Markets: 50 Pages Of Evidence
How HFT Destroys Markets: 50 Pages Of Evidence Back in 2009, when aside from a few insiders, nobody had heard of HFT, Zero Hedge launched its crusade to expose the algorithmic scourge that has since then caused an equity, treasury and now US Dollar flash crash, and has been the subject of a Michael Lewis […]
Troy Will Burn – the Big Deal about Big Data
Troy Will Burn – the Big Deal about Big Data I know, I know … I’m a broken record and a Cassandra, with 2 successive notes on Big Data. But I don’t care. This is a much larger structural risk for markets and investors than HFT and the whole Flash Boys brouhaha, it’s just totally under the radar and […]
