Knight Capital Debacle: The Latest High-Frequency Nightmare -- Regulators, You Paying Attention Yet?

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Huff Post
Chief financial writer, The Huffington Post
Posted: 08/02/2012 11:52 am

Maybe this is the fastest way to get high-frequency trading robots to stop ruining our stock market: Have them destroy each and every trading company that operates them.

It might take that sort of carnage to get the attention of market regulators, who have done little to stop the freakish market meltdowns, from the Flash Crash to the Facebook IPO, that have made investors hate the stock market forever.

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