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Banging the close enforcement actions

This library records 3 enforcement actions tagged banging the close. Banging the close is trading heavily during the short window used to calculate a settlement price, in order to move that settlement in favour of a much larger position that references it.

Actions are listed newest first. Each row links to a case page carrying the regulator's own release and, where one was published, the complaint. For how this technique works and what statute it engages, read the banging the close technique page.

Actions
3
Total penalties
$400k
Median penalty
$400k
Largest
$400k
Criminal parallel
0%
Action Agency Filed Penalty Status
FCA v. Daniel James Plunkett (banging the close, 2014) FCA 2014-05-23 — settled
CFTC v. Daniel Shak and SHK Management LLC (banging the close, 2013) CFTC 2013-11-25 $400k settled
CFTC v. Donald R. Wilson and DRW Investments, LLC (banging the close, 2013) CFTC 2013-11-06 — judgment