Is because these crooks are allowed to pause trading and halt the demise. How is that shit legal? Free market my ass!!
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If you outlawed 'high-frequency trading' (skimming off the top), you probably wouldn't need circuit breakers because every slight shift in value wouldn't be furiously amplified by the automated micro-second traders.
That would be interesting, what would the stock market look like with rate limiting trades?
I don't know - but it would be interesting to find out.
Simple to implement. Can't sell a stock until 24hrs after you buy it.
(Need rules in place that you can't sell 'stocks you have in inventory' after a quick purchase. Last in, first out. And no swaps with other brokers.)
Make the stock market true long-term investing again.
Maybe have a 75% Capital Gains Tax initially which drops staedily to 0% at 5yrs