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CBOE delays high speed platform

23 February 2010

The Chicago Board Options Exchange will delay the launch of its new C2 options exchange platform until the second half of the year, until the US Securities and Exchange Commission has completed its review of flash trading.

Read more: CBOE C2 SEC

The platform will cater to high speed traders. In September, the SEC unanimously proposed “a rule amendment that would prohibit the practice of flashing marketable orders”.

The regulator has already sought comment on the proposal.


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