ICE To Implement "Flash Boys" HFT Speed Bump To Stop Gold, Silver Manipulation

According to the CFTC, the Atlanta-based exchange plans to introduce a 3-millisecond trading delay, one which it calls Passive Order Protection. What is even more interesting is where said delay will be implemented: according to the regulatory filing, the speed bump will be first used on exchange's gold and silver futures contracts "where the ICE currently does very little business", effectively confirming that the gold and silver futures market is where market manipulation by algos has been most rife (something which we already knew thanks to such chronic market manipulators as Deutsche Bank and UBS).

ICE To Implement "Flash Boys" HFT Speed Bump To Stop Gold, Silver Manipulation