Universal Market Integrity RulesAn excerpt from the "Universal Market Integrity Rules"
https://docs.rs.ca/ArticleFile.asp?Instance=100&ID=00A264CBFE5D478AAA74D8F738CF2B92
"2.2 Manipulative and Deceptive Activities
(1) A Participant or Access Person shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in or participate in the use of any manipulative or deceptive method, act or practice in connection with any order or trade on a marketplace if the Participant or Access Person knows or ought reasonably to know the nature of the method, act or practice.
(2) A Participant or Access Person shall not, directly or indirectly, enter an order or execute a trade on a marketplace if the Participant or Access Person knows or ought reasonably to know that the entry of the order or the execution of the trade will create or could reasonably be expected to create:
(a) a false or misleading appearance of trading activity in or interest in the purchase or sale of the security; or
(b) an artificial ask price, bid price or sale price for the security or a related security
Part 3 – Artificial Pricing
For the purposes of subsection (2) of Rule 2.2, an ask price, bid price or sale price will be considered artificial if it is not justified by real demand or supply in a security. Whether or not a particular price is "artificial" depends on the particular circumstances.
Some of the relevant considerations in determining whether a price is artificial are:
(a) the prices of the preceding trades and succeeding trades;
(b) the change in the last sale price, best ask price or best bid price that results from the entry of the order on a marketplace;
(c) the recent liquidity of the security;
(d) the time the order is entered and any instructions relevant to the time of entry of the order; and
(e) whether any Participant, Access Person or account involved in the order:
(i) has any motivation to establish an artificial price, or
(ii) represents substantially all of the orders entered or executed for the purchase or sale of the security."
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The penalties for this are severe...
Lets see if it continues...
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