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.
Arialytics Unveils Predictive Analytics PlatformMay 15, 2013Aimed at asset managers and hedge funds, the platform enables investors to test their investment ideas without getting bogged down in data sets and modeling.
Welcome to the New Quants: Data ScientistsMay 13, 2013There's a lot of buzz around the role of the data scientist, which is wrapped up with Big Data and developing new approaches for analysis of financial markets.
FlexTrade Integrates EMS with OneMarketDataApril 15, 2013The integration with OneMarketData's single solution for complex event processing and tick data will enable users of FlexTrade's EMS to develop strategies based on real-time and historical data.
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.
Meet The Top Hedge Fund BillionairesMarch 05, 2013Forbes' recent listing of the top hedge fund managers and traders who are billionaires is pretty much what you would expect.
Quantopian Taps Derivatives Trader as First 'Quant In Residence'February 15, 2013To encourage community engagement and build relationships with users, the browser-based algo platform startup said Tim Meggs, a derivatives trader, will become the first participant in its QIR program.
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..
FX Models Resurrected as Markets Emerge from Cisis ModeJanuary 22, 2013Computer-driven funds are seizing
on signals suggesting the herd-like "risk-on/risk-off"
investment behaviour that has dominated currency trading since
2010 is fading.
What the Market Wants: Shame of Washington!December 04, 2012I am politically independent, but I am shocked at the indifference both sides have to giving us some comfort that they will work together to get the fiscal cliff issues solved.
Tabb Senate Testimony: First, Do No HarmSeptember 21, 2012In his testimony before the US Senate on Thursday, the Advanced Trading and Wall Street & Technology columnist Larry Tabb answers the question: What, if any, policy changes should be considered by regulators or Congress in order to better protect investors
Fed Intervention Is Poisoning Market DataSeptember 17, 2012Central bank intervention is poisoning market-related and other data sets, disorienting automated trading methods today and for years to come.
Allston Trading Hires Ex-SunGard Global Trading Exec as CEOSeptember 10, 2012Chicago-based proprietary electronic trading firm Allston Trading LLC appointed Raj Mahajan to CEO role, as the firm looks to expand the business and recruit talent.
