fed minister gives trading warning - yeah sure, page-2

Hy LArri,
Original post from FactorThis..

http://www.hotcopper.com.au/post_threadview.asp?fid=2&tid=932986&msgno=322394#322394

Bowen states..

"Automated trading is a practice that is widely used on financial markets around the world, The trading behaviour identified in your emails may be attributed to trading systems being used to break a large order down into a number of smaller orders so as to reduce market impact costs or to test the level of support a security has at a particular price level."

and as you have mentioned fails to acknowledge the 'otherside', that being the capping that goes on.