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Re:U.S. stock markets are rigged, says author Michael Lewis by jacquesm on Monday March 31, 2014 @04:44AM (#7500357)
But that way you could force the closing of a round by flooding with bids, effectively giving more control rather than less to anybody trying to abuse this system.
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Re:U.S. stock markets are rigged, says author Michael Lewis by gojomo on Monday March 31, 2014 @02:20PM (#7503181)
Not sure that'd be fatal, or worse than the current races.

The reset after a calculated flood-to-force-a-round-closure might even bring a compensating external benefit: a slight pause to digest the new information.

It all depends on the specific mechanism design, including choices like whether a flood can be guaranteed to land in a certain round... or might wind up as 'first in' to a subsequent round.

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