sebi:BM/AO-66/2011

SEBI · SEBI · 2010-07-28 · Barnali Mukherjee, Adjudicating Officer

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Facts / Headnote

Proceeding disposed of; Noticee not held guilty of violating Regulation 3(a),(b),(c),(d) and 4(1),(2)(a) of PFUTP Regulations; no penalty imposed.

Provisions invoked

• s. 15
• s. 15H
• s. 15J

Regulations

• Reg. 3

Holding

The Adjudicating Officer held that the allegations of bait and switch manipulation and order book manipulation against the Noticee in 8 scrips on May 13, 2009 were not established, and declined to impose any penalty under Section 15HA of the SEBI Act.

Full text

2 Hence, it is alleged that the Noticee manipulated the order book to give the impression to the market about demand and supply.

3 ¾ I am a day trader / jobber for the past over 5 years. As a day trader , there are some inherent rules which need to be followed , namely, a. the scripts should be highly liquid b. trade considering volatility c. volume trade d. initiating and continuously changing trades considering the market moves e. small tick profit /lossess and f . initiate open trades within a range to take advantage of the price fluctuation. ¾ In the scrips mentioned , it is alleged that in the market opening buy orders were put in the market range of - 7 to -10%. Then, in the course of the day, there were executed sell orders done which were subsequently squared –up and during the course of the transaction, the unexecuted lower range orders were removed. ¾ The rationale can be explained as follows. As a day trader, I select my scripts for the day and put in the range bound orders either on the buy or sell side. This helps to take advantage of the gap-up or gap-down open trade. Later, as the market progresses, trades are initiated based on the market movements. These trades need not follow the open trades. Then through out the day, the trades are done one after another and the pattern can be buy-sell or sell-buy depending on the market. However, since there is volume, the trades are squared-up with minor price gaps which is generally 1% or below. The unexecuted orders are subsequently removed from time to time. ¾ As alleged, has these orders influenced the market price in any manner or was it fraud

4 adjournment of the personal hearing stating that he was out of Mumbai and was unable to attend the hearing . 10. Accordingly, another opportunity of personal hearing was granted to the Noticee vide hearing notice dated January 14, 2011, for a hearing to be held on January 28, 2011 at SEBI- Head Office, Mumbai. The Noticee appeared for the hearing and submitted that his submission vide letter dated October 07, 2010 may be taken as the final submission to the SCN

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