As a regulatory agency struggled to determine the causation of the Flash Crash, focusing on stocks, it reviewed independent data that it now appears to be at issue five years later
CFTC Does Not Have Regular Access To Flash Crash "Spoofing" Data
Mark Melin
As a regulatory agency struggled to determine the causation of the Flash Crash, focusing on stocks, it reviewed independent data that it now appears to be at issue five years later
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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.