CNBC - Silver High Frequency Trading Unsustainable! 5/5/2011

[BiggerThinking1]

can someone explain what "front running" means please?

[Ramiromasters]

@BiggerThinking1 Basically this computers are owned by JP Morgan and alike they gather information and have automatic commands based on mathematics on what a trader should do on different scenarios. Front running means that if silver its going down, based on the information this computers have, and the amount of business this companies control, they can basically put their sells to go through before yours, and so they will get the best prize, later they do the opposite and buy before you.

[paulrprichard]

How any one of these Comex board members did not get convicted back in 1980 is an absolute disgrace.

Fast forward to today, it would not be a conspiracy theory to think that the same thing is taking place again.

32MN ounce handle in COMEX registered silver which is only $1.2BN

[paulrprichard]

On January 21 1980, the Comex announced that trading would be limited to liquidation orders only. There would be no more futures buying. The game was closing down. So much for the price discovery mechanism involving willing buyers and willing sellers.

Testimony later would reveal that nine of the 23 Comex board members held short contracts on 38,000,000 ounces of silver.

[donniebrasco24]

etf's are a ponzi scheme! buy physical!

[ownerowner100]

@donniebrasco24 agree I am 100% phy

[ownerowner100]

And I will not sell in for years 

[donniebrasco24]

@ownerowner100 im 100% with you there brother...

[justinbelljustin]

You got to buy physical silver, hold it in your hands, feel the true value of your hard hours of work. Trade in the fiat shit. Dollars going down,

[YouriCarma]

Remember "The lie is different on every level" High-speed traders help stability - CME executive 5 May 2011, by Jacob Bunge (MarketWatch) LOlz. We've seen exactly the opposite and banks just love it - Unstability aka Extreem Volatility.

HFT steels millions a day by frontrunning and skimming of profits up and down.

[DontMeanWell]

you add CME 4 margin hikes in a week + high speed frequency trading = goldman sachs wet dream.

[smasila]

Interesting

[Hiker58]

"Unsustainable" takes on a whole new scary meaning now. The individual investor doesn't stand a chance unless they practise value investing for the long term.

[elucidative]

I hate the way they make that Oriental chick look trampy. She could look prettier.

[MrSurfingSilver]

@elucidative It makes it so you can understand her better.

[TheWildbill242]

Interesting !