Monthly Archives: April 2012

High-Speed Trading in Bloomberg Businessweek: My Laser Is Faster Than Your Laser

A few weeks ago, Matthew Phillips wrote about Project Express, a new fiber-optic cable being built across the Atlantic that will give a select number of high-frequency traders a tiny speed advantage in trading times between New York and London. … Continue reading

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As Trading Firms Become Anxious to Attract More Institutional Business, Fight To Block High-Frequency Trading Escalates

It was reported by Financial News that trading firms anxious to attract more institutional business are gearing up to create new exchange-type platforms that will exclude high-frequency traders. The moves reflect the growing concerns of buyside investors about how the activities … Continue reading

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‘The Speed Traders’ Unveils Dates for Edgar Perez’s The Speed Traders Workshop 2012; China, Southeast Asia, Latin America and North America

The Speed Traders unveiled dates today for Edgar Perez’s full-day seminars, The Speed Traders Workshop 2012: How Algorithmic and High Frequency Traders Leverage Profitable Strategies to Find Alpha in Equities, Options, Futures and FX in Europe, presentations that will be … Continue reading

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High-frequency Speed Trader Optiver Pays $14 Million in Oil Manipulation Case

Reuters reported that U.S. regulators had claimed their first victory in a four-year old effort to crack down on oil market manipulation on Thursday, announcing a $14 million settlement with high-frequency trading firm Optiver. In a ruling that came just … Continue reading

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US stocks jump after strong profits; Spain soothes

By Daniel Wagner from Bloomberg Businessweek Stocks stormed higher Tuesday after promising signals about the profitability of U.S. companies and a strong debt auction by Spain. The Dow Jones industrial average rose for the fourth day in five and posted … Continue reading

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Azul Systems Delivers Best-in-Breed Solution for Ultra-Low-Latency Financial Systems

SUNNYVALE, CA, Apr 17, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — North American Trading Architecture Summit, NYC — Azul Systems, Inc., the award-winning leader in Java runtime scalability, today announced a partnership with a leading-edge solution provider to deliver predictable performance in … Continue reading

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Quote MTF venue to block unwanted bids

By Philip Stafford from Trading Technology Quote MTF is to launch a share trading platform that allows users to block unwanted interest amid signs of growing industry momentum to offer investors greater choice over their electronic trading counterparty. The move by … Continue reading

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Verizon Targets Traders With High-Speed Network

By Greg Bensinger from The Wall Street Journal NEW YORK—Verizon Communications Inc. is looking at Wall Street as it attempts to draw new customers with yet another high-speed network. The telecommunications heavyweight, which boasts that its Verizon Wireless has the … Continue reading

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SEC Fails To Monitor More Than Half Of Stock Trading, Former Agency Lawyers Say

The Securities and Exchange Commission does not currently have the ability to fully monitor what, by most accounts, makes up a majority of the stock trading activity in the United States, according to former SEC lawyers. What’s more, recent reforms … Continue reading

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Financial News: Fight To Block High-Frequency Trading Escalates

By Tim Cave and Tom Osborn of Financial News from The Wall Street Journal Trading firms anxious to attract more institutional business are gearing up to create new exchange-type platforms that will exclude high-frequency traders. The moves reflect the growing concerns … Continue reading

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