Gregory Scopino is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and the author of several academic articles about algorithmic trading. A former attorney with two private New York City law firms, he has more than a decade of experience as a US financial regulator in Washington, DC. His research and teaching interests focus on legal and regulatory policy related to the financial markets and artificial intelligence.
Preface
Introduction: 1. Key concepts: algorithms, artificial intelligence, and more
2. Economic definitions of common derivatives
3. Legal and regulatory definitions of derivatives and other financial instruments
4. FinTech: from science fiction to non-fiction
5. The regulatory framework for the US derivatives markets
6. Gateways to the futures markets-FCMs
7. Collective investment vehicles and investment advisors
8. Salespeople, supervisors, owners, and enumerated others
9. Trading floor denizens
10. Regulating digital intermediaries
11. States of mind: from zero to specific intent
12. Market manipulation: then and now
13. Fraud is many things (for humans and robots)
14. Disruptive trading practices
15. Spoofing: market disruption made easy by technology
16. Adequately supervising the overseers of algo bots
17. Flash events
18. Algo bots all over the world
19. Conclusion.
