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.
Industry participants question whether identifying dark pools in real-time trade reports will give too much information to high-frequency traders and gamers.
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 Goldman Sachs discovered that Bloomberg journos were keeping track of their viewing habits over their Bloomberg terminals, traders have some decisions to make about the company that provides their market data, trading tools, IM and more.
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.
Infrastructure as a Service: Ignorance is not BlissApril 18, 2013We asked respondents how their firm determines total cost of ownership (TCO) for their current infrastructure. Of the two-thirds who have no capability to determine TCO, my favorite response from them was, "Huh?"
Capital Markets Cloud Adoption: Food for Thought or Empty Calories?March 19, 2013NASDAQ OMX conducted a survey of 44 capital markets firms and technology providers in February 2013, to determine cloud adoption rates, activity and existing concerns inhibiting adoption.
OMS-EMS Retool as Clients Face New RegsOctober 25, 2012In the face of lower volumes, OMS and EMS are seizing opportunities as buy side clients need to upgrade their systems to comply with complex regulations and trade new asset classes electronically.
QUANT GOLD BOOK 2012: Quantavium Capital's Youngju Nielsen Is a Fixed Income Rock StarAugust 20, 2012Youngju Nielsen, co-founder of Quantavium Capital, believes there will be many changes on the horizon for fixed income trading to allow it to become a more transparent process that should attract investors and traders. As Quantavium prepares to launch in t
QUANT GOLD BOOK 2012: AJO Partners' Douglas Dixon Takes on the WorldAugust 20, 2012Douglas D. Dixon, principal and trader at AJO Partners, explains why AJO is eyeing emerging markets over the next year and why the firm isn't ready to store its tick data in the cloud just yet.
PVE Capital Takes to the CloudFebruary 10, 2012In this Advanced Trading case study, a small macro credit fund operates offices in London and Malta smoothly thanks to cloud technology from Options IT.
SR Labs Deploys Market Data Via Options-IT's CloudJune 13, 2011Delivers two ulra low-latency market data feed handlers for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, as HFT firms migrate their strategies to Asian markets.
The Legal Side of the Cloud: Worrisome?April 28, 2011Cloud computing from a legal standpoint is all about the trust the customer has with the service provider. And that trust is only as good as the contract terms and conditions.
