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To: ggersh who wrote (95526)	7/10/2008 5:01:14 PM
From: bart13	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

I haven't done any research to speak of but my rule of thumb is that about 2% of the trades that occur are not clean and above board... in normal markets. And my best guess is that 20-25% of total dollar trades are done on them. Hope that helps. SeekingAlpha has done a few pieces on the area within the last month or so: seekingalpha.com seekingalpha.com On a possibly related note, ICE had a huge 10.5% down today. I haven't had a chance to do any surfing about it yet. edit/add - apparently its just related to regulation uncertainties: guardian.co.uk