CFTC Studies High Frequency Trading
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will hold a meeting of its Technology Advisory Committee on Thursday, March 29, 2012, in Washington, DC.
The meeting will focus on three significant issues facing the futures and swaps industries as the Commission continues to finalize rules under the Dodd-Frank Act:
(1) automated and high frequency trading (HFT): exchange oversight and definitions;
(2) final recommendations from the Subcommittee on Data Standardization; and
(3) credit limit checks: market structure and technology issues.
This meeting serves as the inaugural meeting of the new Subcommittee on Automated and High Frequency Trading, which will focus on developing recommendations regarding the definition of high frequency trading (“HFT”) in the context of the larger universe of automated trading.
Read the full press release here, including details on how to participate. Audio of the meeting will be available via listen-only conference call. Additionally, a video recording of the meeting will be published through a link on the CFTC’s website.
