High Frequency trading is not the same as flash orders. The title was a screwup by the tech. The actual title was putting a "U.S. Proposes Ban on ‘Flash’ Tra

High Frequency trading is not the same as flash orders. The title was a screwup by the tech. The actual title was putting a "U.S. Proposes Ban on ‘Flash’ Trading on Wall Street": http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/business/18regulate.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/business/18regulate.html For a response in the tech from a high frequency trader: http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N40/Iba.html http://tech.mit.edu/V129/N40/Iba.html