Just my perspective as working for a trading firm (and perhaps the difference comes from working at a relatively big, established shop), but the sentiment around here is that you do not fuck with the markets, you do not fuck with the feds/sec/finra, you do not fuck with your exchanges and you always always consult the armies of lawyers if you think there's even a slightest doubt of the legal & compliance aspects about what you're about to do.
Don't really see that wild west of a*hole trader attitudes anymore tbh
That's good to hear! I could imagine that a good chunk of the industry gradually got more professional as the trading pits went away. It certainly would have made being a big, loud guy less useful.
Don't really see that wild west of a*hole trader attitudes anymore tbh