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High Frequency Trader Coscia Hit With Criminal Charges

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Mark Melin
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U.S. criminal prosecutors appear to be getting tough with high frequency trading, as a firm has been hit with criminal charges for manipulating prices in futures markets, court documents reveal.

This is the first criminal case to be brought under new Commodity Futures Trading Commission rules that cover market manipulation

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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.