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.
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.
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.
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. .
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.
Bloomberg Delivers Ultimatum to CFTC on Swaps TradingMarch 13, 2013An attorney representing Bloomberg LP threatened to file a lawsuit against the U.S. regulator for unfair margin requirements on swaps trading rules, which give a competitive edge to exchange platforms over SEFs.
Nasdaq, SharesPost to Set Up Market for Unlisted StocksMarch 06, 2013Nasdaq OMX Group Inc will form
a marketplace for trading in shares of unlisted companies in a
joint venture with small trading platform SharesPost Inc,
tapping into increasing investor interest in private firms.
Dow Hits Fresh Record as Private Hiring Picks UpMarch 06, 2013Wall Street resumed its climb
into uncharted territory on Wednesday, with the Dow setting
another intraday record as hiring by companies rose strongly
last month.
Rebuilding Trust in Our Markets in the Year AheadFebruary 27, 2013While regulators focus their efforts on automated or manual exchange-level risk management, firms should ensure that they have proper processes in place to manage risk from their own perspective in order to avoid the pain of repeating notable — and p
Can We Do Better? Ethics Needs to Come Out of HidingFebruary 22, 2013Do you think "Ethics" should be more ingrained in every part of the business, rather than just an afterthought, or separate HR course? And should it have its own category on this site, rather than bury it?
The Stock Market Needs A Hockey EnforcerFebruary 19, 2013Due to the pendulum shift to almost full automation and the massive fragmentation of the stock market over the past decade, our equity market currently lacks a self-policing mechanism.
CBOE Would Consider Going Private If Benefits Shareholders -COOFebruary 15, 2013CBOE Group Holdings Inc, which
became a publicly held company in 2010 after years of effort,
would consider going private again if doing so would benefit its
shareholders, a top executive suggested on Thursday.
NYSE Euronext to Cut Costs Ahead of ICE SaleFebruary 05, 2013NYSE Euronext has pledged
to reduce costs further to offset slower trading as it prepares
for this year's planned sale to IntercontinentalExchange
(ICE).
