Since liability for short-swing trading profits was set up in Securities Exchange Act of USA, it has been used for reference by many states or local security legislations.

短线交易归入制度旨在维护一般投资人对证券市场公平性、公正性的信赖，该制度用最简便的方法，课内部人以民事责任，弥补了内幕交易制度的一些不足。

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The Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988, which provided increased penalties, passed unanimously (410-0) in the House and by voice-vote in the Senate.

FORBES: The Insider Trading Bread and Circus