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by adriancr 1661 days ago
> anyone cancelling an order has to worry that their action could be interpreted as "spoofing"

And getting investigated by CFTC, and CFTC finding proof that you never intended to execute it AND you profiting from steering market in the desired direction which would not have happened without the fake trade...
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derriz 1661 days ago
There were no "fake trades" involved in this case - only orders which were cancelled.
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adriancr 1661 days ago
they were fined for 'spoofed' trades which in my view are fake trades - they never intended for them to execute, only to steer the market in a direction they want to fill in orders they had at a profit.

if those trades ran the risk of executing they would have probably been cancelled fast and moved further.

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derriz 1661 days ago
The language of trading is fairly precise - trades and orders are quite distinct things. Orders may or (commonly) may not result in trades.

An order that doesn't execute is not associated with any trade.

JPMorgan were fined for spoofing orders not trades.

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