Briefings
June 22, 2018
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- On: 06/22/2018 12:30:08
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"A trainee day trader in France is suing a British brokerage for an amount comparable to almost its entire annual revenue after it seized the 10m profit he made using what he initially thought was a demonstration version of its platform....
"He was practicing trading at home on what he believed to be the demo version - placing 1bn of orders for European and U.S. equity futures - before realizing that it was the live platform and he had run up a loss of more than 1m. He continued trading, eventually building up a $5bn position in U.S. equity futures and turning the loss into a profit of more than 10m."
Day trader sues broker over 'demo' trading platform mix-up
"A trainee day trader in France is suing a British brokerage for an amount comparable to almost its entire annual revenue after it seized the 10m profit he made using what he initially thought was a demonstration version of its platform....
"He was practicing trading at home on what he believed to be the demo version - placing 1bn of orders for European and U.S. equity futures - before realizing that it was the live platform and he had run up a loss of more than 1m. He continued trading, eventually building up a $5bn position in U.S. equity futures and turning the loss into a profit of more than 10m."
Day trader sues broker over 'demo' trading platform mix-up
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