What Constitutes Manipulation in the Commodity Markets? We're Still Waiting for an Answer
The Commodity Exchange Act in broad terms prohibits the use of any manipulative or deceptive device or scheme in connection with the...


The Highs and Lows of Spoofing the Market
In the 1920s a group of investors, known as the Radio Pool, traded among themselves in the stock of Radio Corporation of America, the...
Banging the Close in the Oil Markets
“Banging the close” is a practice in which traders place a large volume of orders just before the close of an exchange. The practice,...