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.
Facing a dilemma of how to compete with dark pools and internalizers, exchanges are planning their own dark venues to offer better prices to retail investors.
In a world where trading alpha creates a competitive advantage, trading skills and acumen may be king, but trading tools are the great enabler and equalizer.
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.
Spreadsheet Risk – Should We Ban Excel?April 25, 2013Apparent errors in an influential economic study by two Harvard Professors due to an Excel spreadsheet mistake is another reminder of the operational risks inherent in relying upon formulae hidden in obscure, nestled spreadsheets.
Why Didn't Microsoft Add OMS Functionality to Excel?October 11, 2012It sits on nearly every trader’s desktop and raises
the question: Why didn’t Microsoft add a “Buy” button to its
famed spreadsheet and analysis tool?
Fitch Solutions and Pricing Partners Team up on CDS Data October 29, 2009Fitch Solutions has teamed up with Pricing Partners to allow users of Pricing Partners' Price-it Solution with Fitch Solutions market data license to access Fitch Solutions' market data on OTC credit derivatives.
What Is 'Best Execution'?January 29, 2007Though traders are required to strive for best execution, it has not been definitively defined. Fortunately, new tools can help firms identify good trades.
