Ever since the controversial Vanity Fair article back in mid-Oct. suggested that some futures traders profited billions of dollars around trade headlines, there's been a significant effort by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to use technology to comb through time and sales for suspicious trades, sources familiar with the investigation told Bloomberg. Sources said the purpose of the CFTC investigation is to asses whether some traders had insider information on economic data, government policy, and trade headlines. CFTC began the investigation in mid/late Oct. after the Vanity Fair article went public. ... (full story)