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Any misdirection seems to be the fault of the exchanges. Isn't it common to both buy and sell contracts in complex arrangements, where various aspects of each

Any misdirection seems to be the fault of the exchanges. Isn't it common to both buy and sell contracts in complex arrangements, where various aspects of each individual transaction "cancel out" other aspects of other transactions? Assuming you buy 1000 contracts and sell 1, you are net 999 contracts? How is that different from any other options trading strategy?

ikeboy 11y ago
For one, the two were made from different accounts, which is suspicious by itself. If you submit from a single account, you generally can't trade against yourself. Second, the buy and sell are the exact same price. So there's no legitimate reason to both buy and sell at the same price.