RE:RE:BEWARE MS: The manipulation from MS Canada goes on todayperdikaoilgas wrote: And again, an acquisition deal was announced within one month in 95% of the cases where this repeated and strikingly obvious manipulation took place. The last case was with DCK.V (Donnycreek) and CEX.V (Contact). See my old posts at these boards. So place your PTA bets accordingly.
1) The IIROC accepts this behaviour, will not investigate it, and in some ways benefits from it.. IIROC members afterall are from the banks that use this strategy afterall.
2) The only way I've seen this behaviour stop is if a competing house has a different outlook... as mentioned earlier with EPS, GS Canada and BNS were thwarting MS Canada's efforts into the 3rd week of doing this.. either by placing a massive iceberg order in at 3:59 which would constantly replenish the 1 board lot until the close, or, they may have been placing an order in the MOC facility at 3:40 which would dictate the close price at the high, which would then leave MSC's last minute sales being useless.. but who knows, MSC would technically be able to put in a bypass order to achieve what they want. At the end of that day, it's not a human trade.
These trades by no means appear to be MOC imbalance trades due to their timestamp, and are likely trades from an independant strategy outside the various ways to control volaitlity at the close.. so yes, they should be investigated.. but I imagine regulators will say something like "How can we put a fine on a $135 trade?" or "Do you think we are really going to check the millions of trades MSC puts on over the previous month to find these trades and sum them to an appropriate amount"..
Deadcow mentioned Friday he was the final buyer that MSC sold to at 3:59:51, and his order was partially filled for 500 shares (1 board lot). He elected anonymity, or, his registered trader did, and perhaps he was flagged as a minimum guarenteed fill client? Could that have been the loophole?
IMO nothing on the venture will change because we have over regulation and loose policy and controls.. they are all talk.