As traders look for the fastest way to trade, one connectivity provider may have an answer: Sending data and trade orders via microwaves. So, what happens when it rains?

With profits down due to lower volumes and declining volatility in U.S. stocks, high-frequency traders face growing pressure to find new markets and innovate when speed is not enough.

While it’s been a long time coming, we are glad to finally see that the SEC has decided to get more involved in exchange regulation.

Trust in all dark pools takes a hit as the industry reacts to SEC charges that Pipeline filled the vast majority of customer orders through an affiliated trading entity rather than by matching them against other customer orders, as advertised.

Buy side firms need sophisticated tools to navigate the market structure as well as analytics and connectivity to alternative trading systems, but cost pressures are an obstacle to upgrading their OMS-EMS platforms, according to Greenwich Associates' study.

Buy side firms need sophisticated tools to navigate the market structure as well as analytics and connectivity to alternative trading systems, but cost pressures are an obstacle to upgrading their OMS-EMS platforms, according to Greenwich Associates' study.

After several high-profile arrests for insider trading, the head of the rich yet beleaguered SAC hedge fund may call it quits to avoid jail time.

After several high-profile arrests for insider trading, the head of the rich yet beleaguered SAC hedge fund may call it quits to avoid jail time.

Advanced Trading takes you on an exclusive tour of Abel Noser’s New York trading floor, where the agency broker known for transaction cost analysis, is customizing algorithms for the buy side, while growing its fixed income trading and transitions business.