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 the midst of a bad economy and lower trading volumes, the buy side balances the need to cut costs and consolidate OMS and EMS platforms, while chasing the best integrated solution.
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.
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.
EBS Direct is Live with 4 Liquidity ProvidersMay 13, 2013Commerzbank, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley have completed trades on EBS DIrect, a new relationship-based disclosed liquidity service with streaming prices tailored to consumers.
Thomson Reuters to Launch China Interbank FX Rates via EikonMay 07, 2013Eikon will offer integrated real-time FX data from the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), the official interbank trading and FX division of China’s central bank.
3rd Birthday of Flash Crash: Is the Stock Market Safer?May 06, 2013Three years later since that catastrophic event, exchanges have eliminated stub quotes and implemented safe guards such as limit-up/limit down. But there's inertia on many other issues.
CBOE Outage Forces Institutions to Scramble for AlternativesApril 25, 2013A systems delay at the CBOE shutdown trading in the big stock index options contracts for three and one-half hours, raising questions about the safety of electronic markets.
Electronic Trading of FX Jumps in Asia from 38% to 45% — ReportApril 15, 2013Despite a slight slowdown in global FX trading activity last year, large numbers of institutions and companies in the U.S., Europe and particularly in Asia continued to adopt e-trading, according to Greenwich Associates research.
Nasdaq OMX Enhances UltraFeedApril 09, 2013Nasdaq OMX's UltraFeed now includes U.S. equity market depth data from Nasdaq, NYSE Euronext, Direct Edge and BATS exchanges combined into a single feed. .
Nasdaq's eSpeed Acquisition Gets Pro and Con ReactionsApril 03, 2013The exchange operator's plans to acquire the electronic trading platform for U.S. Treasury bonds and notes raised concerns with analysts at credit rating agencies. But the move will also diversify Nasdaq away from stocks into fixed income products.
PDQ Enterpises Inks Deal with Orbis SystemsApril 01, 2013Retail institutional clients will gain direct access to PDQ's ATS and "electronic algorithmic trading crowd" via the Orbis trading platform.
Banks Beef Up FX Options Reams as Big Moves Boost Risk, RewardsMarch 25, 2013Banks are strengthening their
foreign exchange options desks, investing in people and
technology, as companies and hedge funds seek protection or
profit from big moves in major currencies.
Options Market Structure: Is it Getting Too Complex?March 20, 2013With the number of U.S. options exchanges soon to be 12 by the end of the year, experts are concerned about complexity, fragmentation and rising technology costs amid lower volumes.
