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Examining the Causes and Lessons of the May 6th Market Plunge- Testimony of Mary Schapiro May 20, 2010 Click here for testimony.

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Industry Response to Unusual Trading of May 6th

SEC Chairman, Mary Schapiro's Testimony on the Events of May 6th Click here for the May 20th testimony.

SEC to Publish for Public Comment Stock-by-Stock Circuit Breaker Rule Proposals. Click here for press release May 18, 2010.

STANY's letter to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro and the Senate Banking Committee STANY supplemental letter May 6 2010

Knight's Perspective on the market event of May 6, 2010 from Thomas M. Joyce, Chairman & CEO, Knight Capital Group Click Here.

SEC's statement on the events of May 6th Click here.

SEC asks Exchanges to devise new trading rules Click here for story.

Exchanges agree in principle to uniform circuit breakers Click here for story.

SEC Proposes a Large Trader Reporting System

The full proposal is available in the Federal Register- click here.

Read Annette Nazareth's posting on the rule on the Harvard Law School website Click here.

STANY and STA file comment letters on SEC Market Structure Concept Release

Click Here STANY Comment on SEC Concept Release April 2010

 Click Here for STA's letter.

STANY files Comment Letter on Risk Managment Controls for Brokers or Dealers with Market Access

Click Here for STANYComment Letter Market Access March 29

STANY and STA File Comments on SEC's Non-Public Liquidity Proposal

Click here for STANY's Comment STANY_Comment_Dark_Pools_February_17_2010

Click here for STA's Comment STA Non-Public Displayed Liquidity FINAL

STANY and STA file comments to SEC's proposed amendments to Reg SHO

STANY comments on Reg. SHO FAQs 2.4 and 2.5 October 13, 2009

See the proposed rule changes.

See the line-up for Securities Lending and Short Sale Roundtable September 29th and 30th click here.

See STANY's Letter in response to SEC's Supplemental Request for Comment STANY_Comment_Reg_Sho_9-21-09

See STA's Letter in response to SEC's Supplemental Request for Comment

Reg SHO Alt Uptick Rule Comment Letter 9 21 09 Final

See STANY's Letter STANY_Letter_RegSHO_June2009

See STA's Letter Short Sale Comment Letter 6 19 09 - Final

See STA's Letter Rule 204T- August, 2009.

Exchanges to Petition SEC for Sub-penny quoting

For article click here.

STANY Comments on FINRA QCF

STANY files letter with SEC opposing FINRA's proposal to create a Quotation Consolidation Facility STANY Comment FINRA QCF-Jan-13 2010

FINRA Proposal Riles OTC Market- for article click here.

SEC Concept Release on Equity Market Structure

SEC's Concept Release is now available online Click here.  Comments are due on April 21, 2010.

SEC Proposal on Dark Pools

SEC's Dark Pool Proposal available click here.

SEC Chairman's comments on Dark Pools click here.

Senator Charles Schumer's letter to the SEC on Dark Pools and ATSs Senator Schumer Letter to SEC October 20 2009

Commission Schapiro's comments on Dark Pools October 21, 2009 click here.

The Commission voted to propose rules to curtail Dark Pool growth. Traders Magazine article click here.

SEC's Dark Pool Fact Sheet October 21, 2009 click here.

AFL-CIO, Dems push new Wall Street tax

Tax on trades on the table in Congress Click here for story.

The AFL-CIO, one of the Democratic Party’s most powerful allies, would like to assess a small tax — about a tenth of a percent — on every stock transaction. Click here for story.

SEC Proposes Ban on Flash Orders

For the SEC Proposal click here. Comments are due on November 23, 2009.

NASDAQ and BATS support ban on Flash Orders. For story click here.

SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro's Statement before the Commission on Flash Orders September 17, 2009 click here.

FINRA Proposes Extending Elements of Reg NMS to the OTC Market

FINRA is proposing rules to: (1) restrict sub-penny quoting; (2) restrict locked and crossed markets; (3) implement a cap on access fees; and (4) require the display of customer limit orders in OTC equities. To read the full proposal click here.  

STANY's Comment Letter filed on September 16, 2009 is available. Click here.

What's New

 

SEC, CFTC Announce creation of Joint Advisory Committee on Emerging Regulatory Issues

 Click here for announcement.

Testimony before the House Subcommitee on Capital Markets by SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro

 Click here to read the testimony.

Exchanges to Petition SEC for Sub-penny pricing

For story click here.  January 26, 2009

House Financial Services Committee completed its markup of H.R. 3817 the Investor Protection Act of 2009- November 3, 2009. 

Notes 11_03_09 House FS - Investor protection act markup (2) (1)

SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro's speech at SIFMA Conference- October 27, 2009

For speech " The Road to Investor Confidence" click here.

SEC Publishes 2010-2015 Draft Strategic Plan for Public Comment- October 8, 2009

http://www.sec.gov/about/secstratplan1015.pdf  Comments are due on November 16, 2009

SEC Proposes the Elimination of Flash Orders

http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2009/34-60684.pdf Comments are due on November 23, 2009

MUST READS (In our opinion)

Speech by SEC Chairman: Mary L. Schapiro at IOSCO Technical Committee Conference- October 8, 2009

http://sec.gov/news/speech/2009/spch100809mls.htm

Speech by FINRA Chairman & CEO, Rick Ketchum at Fordham University's Enhanced Regulation: Integrity in the Global Financial Markets- October 2, 2009

http://www.finra.org/Newsroom/Speeches/Ketchum/P120102

STA Opposes H.R. 1068 Transaction Tax

 http://www.securitytraders.org/Journal/sta-opposes-proposed-transaction-tax-share-your-view

Support this Grass Roots Effort by Sharing your Views on Traders Advocate click here

-Link to Track H.R. 1068- click here

-See Traders Magazine's Article - Industry Fears Proposal in Congress Would Destroy High-Frequency Trading and Liquidity- click here

-Watch CNBC Interview with Congressman DeFazio- click here to view

-Watch STA's Response on Fox Business News- click here to view

 

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What's Up at STA

STA Annual Conference Videos (October 2009) are now available online Click here to access videos.

STA Chairman, Peter Driscoll, testified before the Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee on Oct. 28th on

"Dark Pools, Flash Orders, High Frequency Trading, and Other Market Structure Issues." To see the webcast  click here.

SEC Commissioner Troy A. Paredes addresses STA's 13th Annual Washington Conference. To read his full speech click here.

Listen to a transcript of STA March 31, 2009 Conference call "Rebuilding Wall Street"

STA update on 2008 accomplishments and 2009 goals STA 2009 Presentation1-09