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.
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.
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.
Taiwanese Bank Extends License with Fenics for FX Options SystemMay 06, 2013Already a customer for 10 years, E.Sun Commercial Bank will extend its license of Fenics Professional in foreign exchange options to streamline procedures and gain functions such as volatility surface management.
Binary Options: The Market's Unsung HeroMay 02, 2013Binary options can have a positive impact on a variety of markets, though they might be misunderstood by regulators.
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.
Mandara Capital Deploys Tbrick's Hosted Trading ServiceApril 22, 2013A hedge fund specialist in crude oil and derivatives, Mandara Capital chose Tbrick's futures trading platform, powered by S&P Capital IQ's Quantlink and QuantFeed, to improve speed and to support inhouse development.
Citigroup Spinout Napier Park Picks Infrastructure ProviderMarch 25, 2013In the wake of its spinoff from Citigroup as an internal hedge fund unit, Napier Park Global Capital chose Options' infrastructure-as-a service offering as its technology 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.
The CFTC Looks at HFT and Wash Trades, But Can They Prove It?March 18, 2013Regulators worry that high speed trading firms that act as both buyer and seller in the same transaction, known as wash trades, could be inflating the volume and distorting prices, reported The Wall Street Journal and CNBC.
Options Expands FX Connectivity for Quant Trading FirmsMarch 12, 2013In response to customer requests, Options expanded connectivity to global FX markets and brokers from the NY2 and NY4 New Jersey data centers, and also upgraded the fiber route between New Jersey and Chicago.
PHLX Picks BondDesk Prices and ATS for Executing in TreasuriesMarch 06, 2013Nasdaq OMX partnered with BondDesk for providing real-time pricing to PHLX's newly launched options on U.S. Treasuries, and member firms will execute in the underlying bonds on the BondDesk ATS.
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.
Spot Trading Promotes Brodsky to CEO RoleFebruary 07, 2013Chicago-based proprietary trading firm Spot Trading elevated the company's founder and CEO Robert Merrilees to the role of chairman, while appointing CFO Stephen Brodsky as CEO..
U.S. Banks' Commodities Revenue Drops by a Third - ConsultantFebruary 05, 2013Commodities revenue at top U.S.
banks tumbled by a third in the fourth quarter as tougher
regulation curbed activity amid lacklustre markets and sluggish
demand for hedging, consultancy Tricumen said on Tuesday.
CME's Volume 'Disaster' Due to Macro Woes: ExecOctober 25, 2012The decline in trading on CME
Group Inc's futures exchanges this year is more the
result of a sluggish economy and uncertainty over tax policy
rather than regulatory changes affecting the futures industry,
CME's executive chairman said on Thursday.
