Manipulation In CIT Group (CIT) Trading? Say It Ain't So
Themis Trading's Joe Saluzzi thinks there could be some manipulation going on in CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today and issued a 'High Frequency Trading Alert' on the stock:
Here is what Joe said, "CIT had some awful news out this morning. The stock was halted right after the opening and once reopened it tanked almost 50%. But then a magical thing happened, the stock traded back to $1 from a low of $0.75. What is so magical about $1? Any stock that trades under $1 is not eligible for a liquidity rebate from the exchanges/ecn's. The cost to trade sub $1 stocks is FREE but you don't get the rebate. But if the stock gets over $1, the the liquidity rebates which could be as high as $.003/share kick in. So, it appears that the high frequency traders will be desperate to keep this stock above $1 today so they can keep collecting those rebates. There is no fundamental valuation for $1, it is simply a matter of high frequency economics.
Here is what Joe said, "CIT had some awful news out this morning. The stock was halted right after the opening and once reopened it tanked almost 50%. But then a magical thing happened, the stock traded back to $1 from a low of $0.75. What is so magical about $1? Any stock that trades under $1 is not eligible for a liquidity rebate from the exchanges/ecn's. The cost to trade sub $1 stocks is FREE but you don't get the rebate. But if the stock gets over $1, the the liquidity rebates which could be as high as $.003/share kick in. So, it appears that the high frequency traders will be desperate to keep this stock above $1 today so they can keep collecting those rebates. There is no fundamental valuation for $1, it is simply a matter of high frequency economics.
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