http://www.osc.gov.on.ca/documents/en/Securities-Category0/rule_19990702_ats.pdf
MANIPULATION AND FRAUD
Price Manipulation, Deceptive Trading and Fraud
(1) A person or company shall not, directly or
indirectly, engage in, or participate in any
transaction or series of transactions, or method
of trading relating to a trade in or acquisition of
a security, if the person or company knows, or
ought reasonably to know, that the transaction
or series of transactions, or method of trading
(a) results in or contributes to a misleading
appearance of trading activity in, or an
artificial price for, a security; or
(b) perpetrates a fraud on any person or
company.
(2) Despite subsection (1), in Alberta, British
Columbia, Quebec and Saskatchewan, the
provisions of the Securities Act (Alberta), the
Securities Act (British Columbia), the Securities
Act (Quebec) and The Securities Act, 1988
(Saskatchewan), respectively, relating to
manipulation and fraud apply.
Attempted Manipulation - A person or company
shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in or
participate in any transaction or series of
transactions, or method of trading relating to a trade
in or acquisition of a security, in an attempt to
(a) create a misleading appearance of trading
activity in, or an artificial price for, a
security; or
(b) perpetrate a fraud on any person or
company.
Capping and Pegging
(1) A person or company that has sold a put option
shall not, while that option remains unexercised,
place an offer to purchase securities of the
same class of securities as those underlying the
option at a price higher than the last price at
which the underlying security traded.
A person or company that has sold a call option
shall not, while that option remains unexercised,
place an offer to sell securities of the same
class of securities as those underlying the
option at a price lower than the last price at
which the underlying security traded.
