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Information regarding Don Bright’s Memorial Service has been posted for the past week on the Bright Trading, LLC website. Don's Memorial Service Sunday, September 27, 2015, 2:00 pm It will be held at: Ventano Italian Grill & Seafood Address: 191 S Arroyo Grande Boulevard...

As the days go by we recall even more of the countless things that Don Bright did as a Director for Bright Trading, LLC, itself, as well as for hundreds of us individually, be it hands-on teaching of trading specifics, words of encouragement, even at times some necessary admonishment, in...

While the SEC gears up to examining High Frequency Trading for allegations of abuse, here's a new SEC action regarding one case of years-ago "spoofing" and broker-dealer non-registration: SEC Charges Owner of N.J.-Based Brokerage Firm With Manipulative Trading Firm and Co-Owners Charged...

'Flash Boys' author Michael Lewis is on CNN's Fareed Zakarias GPS show today. "Author Michael Lewis tells Fareed that regulations have inadvertently allowed traders to take advantage of the system." The 1:47-minute video already posted below (if still up when you read this) is just a pre-show...

FWIW, SEC Commissioner Dan Gallagher's "little guy" comments 3 days ago on CNBC: ... "The problem with high-frequency trading right now is that there's a perception that for the little guy, the markets aren't fair," Gallagher said. "That perception to me is a reality. It's something we need to...

Also in relation to the CBS "60 Minutes" Steve Croft - 'Flash Boys' Tom Wilson interview, earlier this a.m. on the Bloomberg Television "Bloomberg Surveillance" show Tom Keene discussed high frequency trading with 'Lightspeed Trading Former CEO Steve Ehrlich and Yale University’s Stephen...

A few minutes ago, at 11:40 a.m. EDT, Jeff Solomon, CEO of Cowen Group, gave his broader take regarding HFT and market front-running (IEX is good in its niche...) on Bloomberg's Market Makers "Is The Market Rigged Against You" segment. You'll have to check back for the interview to be uploaded...

Fortunately, Don has lost a lot of weight recently and is in best of form. :)

Whew, Don Bright! Almost two trading days went by and no Don-daily-updated Bright Trading Values on your BT Daily Trading Information page until a little earlier this afternoon. Folks had to go to the second-choice site...! With understandably few EliteTrader updates here, some...

A summary from the Themis Trading Blog: 18 Feb, 2011 CFTC – SEC Joint Commission Report Part Deux Summary of the Joint CFTC/ SEC Recommendations Regarding Regulatory Response to the Market Events of May 6th, 2010 The report is out. Click here to read the 14 page report. The Joint...

Recommendations Regarding Regulatory Responses to the Market Events of May 6, 2010 (PDF) The Joint CFTC-SEC Advisory Committee issued a report presenting their recommendations regarding regulatory responses to the market events of May 6, 2010. Released February 18, 2011 The CFTC and SEC...

Market Makers At Core of SEC-CFTC Report By Steve Dew and Olivier Ludwig | February 18, 2011 Designing incentives for market makers in an era dominated by “high-frequency” electronic trading is one the crucial challenges in today’s financial markets, according to the latest report...

Here come the recommendations - who knows when, how many, and in what form they will actually be implemented by market regulators: "Flash crash" panel calls for market overhaul reuters By Roberta Rampton and Jonathan Spicer WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators should...

Geez, what a gaff in a rush - thanks for the correction (at least his first name, anyway [recheck your wiki:)]). The popular "Professor" Peter Schickele - noted for a successful career in highly disciplined musical mayhem. (sounds like a good fit for this ET forum)

"It's a small world, after all" Coincidence #1: In the above quote click-through, Don Bright pointed out that the high-fiving character[s] sure looks a lot like himself (costumed-apologies, Mav). The look-alike is none other than the very talented and respected musician Richard...

The post calling you and fellow Prop Firms debater Mav out for too much harmonizing is here. :D

For the proper Forum for better visibility, and under the "better late than never" category (it's still only the first week of 2011) - here's part of a preceding post from a thread in the Prop Firm Forum giving deserved Kudos to everybody at EliteTrader.com: [b]!

Way too melodious here in the Prop Forum!! C'mon, Don & Mav, let's have a little discord!

A very Happy New Year to all Elite Trader contributors! May every <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pk7yqlTMvp8?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess"...

"After further review", it appears that Mav may tentatively be off the hook - this time... :D Check for yet another PM, Schwallie.