Are options prices affected by currency manipulation?

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into whether options and ETF prices have been distorted by global traders’ potential rigging of benchmark foreign-exchange rates, reports Bloomberg.

Read: SEC halts forex-trading scheme

It adds the SEC’s investigation is in the early stages, according to unnamed sources. At the same time, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating possible forex manipulation. Read more.

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