CME Group Statement on Vanity Fair Article – CME Group, Hacker News

CHICAGO,Oct. 18, 2019/ PRNewswire / – CME Group regularly monitors its markets for suspicious activity. As it relates to the Vanity Fair article published onOctober 17, 2019, regarding activities in the E-mini S&P 500 futures contract , the allegations about the trading activity are patently false.

These transactions were entered into by a significant number of diverse market participants.

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