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.
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.
traders on broker coverage, revealed that buy side firms are not completely satisfied with sales traders and that brokers may be wasting resources on analytics and other services.
BlackRock’s deal for BGI will create the world’s largest money manager. But integrating BGI’s automated electronic trading and transaction cost analysis technology with BlackRock’s Aladdin system will require a world-class effort.
Algo Trading, HFT Wreaking Havoc on CommoditiesMarch 27, 2012Recent research showing a big jump in correlation between commodity and equity markets and among commodities themselves, over short periods from a second to an hour, has unleashed fresh bad tempered debate about whether "speculators" - especially high-freq
SEC Announces Proposed Circuit Breaker RulesMay 19, 2010In response to the May 6 “flash crash,” the SEC is publishing proposed circuit breaker rules to pause trading in certain stocks if the price moves 10 percent or more in a five minute period.