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Rate and magnitude limits
Bounds on how much the actor can do before a check.
Action layerMissing or failed in 3 cases (3 ended in harm)Worked in 0Agents moving money: 2Machines: 1
Where it was missing or failed
The third column is what this control would have looked like in that case: the concrete form, not the abstract name.
| Case | World | What it would have looked like here | Status | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knight Capital 2012 | Agents moving money | Firm-wide capital threshold (SEC order, paragraphs 9(B) and 22: Knight 'did not have pre-set capital thresholds in the aggregate for the firm' and its position limits 'did not account for the firm's exposure from outstanding orders') | absent | Ended in harm |
| Boeing 737 MAX MCAS | Machines | No limit on repeated activations: MCAS commanded another nose-down input whenever the high reading persisted five seconds after a pilot trim input; each input was limited to 2.5 degrees of stabilizer movement | absent | Ended in harm |
| The DAO 2016 | Agents moving money | Withdrawal limits | absent | Ended in harm |
Rules and standards that map to it
Strength says whether the rule's text requires this control, implies it, or only recommends it. Draft mappings are the Register's reading, not yet checked by a person, and none is legal advice.
| Rule | Strength | Where, and why | Jurisdiction |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEC Rule 15c3-5, the market access rule (draft mapping) | Required by the text | pre-set credit and capital thresholds that reject orders automatically | United States |
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