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CFTC Seeks To Ban Trader For Alleged Spoofing After Warnings Ignored

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Mark Melin
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When a trading industry participant is given a warning about potential illegal behavior but then proceeds to continue nonetheless, such defiance typically doesn’t ingratiate the individual with regulators. Such appears the case as the CFTC on Monday filed a motion to ban a Chicago-based trader from further trading after a an earlier lawsuit from regulators failed to stop the behavior.

Spoofing charges: “scheme created the appearance of false market depth”

After the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought a “spoofing” case against Chicago’s 3Red Trading LLC, the firm and its 33-year old trading chief Igor Oystacher continued their alleged illegal behavior, CFTC legal documents charge. Now the CFTC is seeking to ban Oystacher from the industry, a

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.