Should FTC limit how much of a single stock an entity like Berkshire can sell in a specific timeframe?
Should FTC limit how much of a single stock an entity like Berkshire can sell in a specific timeframe?
Not talking about touching the little guys. Talking about something like limiting sales or buys to $1M per day to curb the leverage these big corps have on the market.
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No, they don't have as much leverage as you think they might and trying to regulate like this would cause all kinds of systemic issues that could cause far more economic damage then good. There is already halt protections to prohibit dumping where there is not enough interested buyers to handle a selloff for instance.
This would be about restricting institutional liquidity which is just overall a bad idea for the health of the market and retail investors as a whole.
You want to look to fix something, look at fixing HFTs first. They are cancer that affects every market participant.
I’ll look up HFTs. U got more context?
High frequency trading. It's trading measured in milliseconds (or less, nanoseconds now matter) where they are just skimming off everyone else.
It's not accessible to anyone else except a extremely well financed and entrenched few.
Ah yeah you’re always gonna be behind. It’s a losing game, especially options.