Underhand Tactics; High Frequency Trading

Moving millions of dollars every microsecond sounds like a bankers dream. Thousands of computers are interconnected, buying and selling thousands of market shares with no human control or regulation. However, this high frequency trading creates an unpredictable, uncontrollable stock exchange, the 2010 flash crash being a classic example. Is it possible to protect the stock market against fraudulent actions of speed traders and software malfunctions?

About the Series

The documentary film Underhand Tactics, High Frequency Trading is part of the series Cash Investigations, Underhand Tactics, Investigating Corporate Tactics. This new eight part series investigates the strategies of global corporations. Other episodes include Neuromarketing, Green Marketing, Planned Obsolescence, Tax Havens, Sugar Overload, Toxic Labels and Disease Branding.