Options expiry pinning enforcement actions

This library records 1 enforcement action tagged options expiry pinning. Options expiry pinning is trading to hold a share price at or across an option strike at expiry, exploiting the fact that a few cents of movement decides whether large positions pay out or expire worthless.

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 options expiry pinning technique page.

Actions

1

Total penalties

$1m

Median penalty

$1m

Largest

$1m

Criminal parallel

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