The EU is imposing a tax on financial transactions effective January 1, 2016.[1]  The tax is tiny (0.1% on most transactions, 0.01% on derivatives) but enough to discourage high frequency trading.  It&#x27;s going to be interesting to see how that works out.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;European_Union_financial_transaction_tax" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;European_Union_financial_trans...</a>