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Imitative trading strategies exacerbating potential investor risk

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IOSCO report also delves into the advantages of strategies like copy trading, mirror trading and social trading being adopted by investors.

Imitative trading strategies are becoming more common and are used by retail investors to tap the experience and knowledge of more experienced traders in the hope of generating good returns.

The IOSCO report very helpfully delineates three separate types of imitative trading strategies, while nothing that many regulators do not