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.
Clients will rest conditional orders in BofA Merrill's ATS, Instinct X, while leveraging liquidity from the firm's private and institutional clients trading with the firm's high-touch, electronic, ETF and equity derivatives desks.
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.
Professor Bernard Donefer of Baruch College and Sal Arnuk, Partner at Themis Trading went head-to-head on regulation, technology and politics surrounding the controversial practice of HFT.
As cutbacks spread across the buy-side desk and turmoil continues to reshape the markets, the traits that define a successful buy-side trader are more important than ever.
ESP Technologies offers post-trade ticket aggregation for equities, helping buy-side firms lower settlement costs as they seek best execution in a fragmented market.
FIX Protocol Risk Checks Take Aim at Fat Finger Trades, Errant OrdersAugust 01, 2012With trading strategies becoming increasingly complex, FIX Protocol Limited is taking aim at errant orders and fat-finger trades with an updated set of guidelines for brokers and their buy-side clients.
Goldman Sachs Enhances RediPlusDecember 03, 2009Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET) has released the latest version of its RediPlus execution management system (EMS).
Goldman Sachs Enhances Options Functionality to REDIPlus April 13, 2009Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading has released Version 9 of RediPlus, which offers enhanced options trading and workspace usability features, according to a release.
