Proposed circuit breaker rules would affect options trading

19 May 2010

The proposed circuit breaker rules announced yesterday by the US Securities and Exchange Commission would apply to options, but it is not yet known whether they would apply to futures.

The SEC announced yesterday that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and securities exchanges in the US had proposed to introduce rules that would halt trading...

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“At our current funding level, the Commission is under serious strain. We lack the staff and resources necessary to both implement Dodd-Frank and continue to fulfil our pre-Dodd-Frank duties under the Commodity Exchange Act. Without additional funding, the strain will only become worse in July, when much of Dodd-Frank goes into effect.”

The CFTC's Michael Dunn pleads for Congressional support over the regulator's budget.

Proposed circuit breaker rules would affect options trading

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