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trendisyourfriend 

See notice on the main page: On Friday, September 9, 2011, CME Group will observe the tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center. As a result, all CME Group markets on CME Globex will observe voluntary moments of silence at: 07:46 CT/08:46 ET, 08:03 CT/09:03 ET, 08:59 CT/09:59 ET and 09:29 CT/10:29 ET. We request that all electronic market participants refrain from trading all CME Group products on CME Globex and CME ClearPort during these moments of silence. CME Group - Futures & Options Trading for Risk Management

Hope that the high frequency traders have modified their algorithms to take that into account.

Fat Tails 

Hope that the high frequency traders have modified their algorithms to take that into account.

The note was for humans only

When i saw it i had the same thought and sent an email to my spouse saying that at Wall street there were some humans left among speculators.

Fat Tails 

Hope that the high frequency traders have modified their algorithms to take that into account.

On of the dads, a friend that coaches my daughters soccer team was a GS energy trader before going sole prop. I guess that there is a strong lobby against the high frequency models that might include a transaction tax that takes most of them out of business...or at least alters their path for a while.