Category Archives: CME Group

BLOOMBERG: CFTC Seeks Comment on Potential High-Speed Trading Curbs

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Innovator

As reported by Bloomberg’s Silla Brush, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is seeking comment on whether to require registration for automated trading firms, taking a first step in potential restrictions on high-speed and algorithmic derivatives trading. CFTC members … Continue reading →

Posted in CFTC, CME Group, Finance, Flash Crash, High Frequency Trading, Regulatory Updates, SEC | Tagged algorithmic derivatives trading, automated trading firms, Bart Chilton, CFTC, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler, CFTC commissioner, CME Group, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, computer malfunctions, concept release, DRW Holdings, Electronic Markets, exchange-trading, flash crash, Flash Freeze, flawed algorithms, floor-based trading, Futures exchange, Futures Industry Association, Gary Gensler, high-frequency and algorithmic trading, high-speed trading, High-Speed Trading Curbs, high-speed trading strategies, human speed, infinium capital management, insufficient testing, KNIGHTMARe ON WALL STREET, maximum number of trading orders, Nasdaq Stock Market, principal traders group, RGM Advisors, risk controls, Scott O'Malia, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Silla Brush, software error, supervision, system safeguards, systemic risks, testing, top U.S. derivatives regulator, U.S. futures markets | Leave a comment

While Infinium Starts Talks on Tie-up, Knight Founders Join Knightmare’s Book Launch Party

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Innovator

While Infinium Capital Management is in talks to acquire a strategic partner, as reported by Reuters, founders of Knight Capital will be in attendance today at the book launch party for Knightmare on Wall Street, Edgar Perez’s latest book about … Continue reading →

Posted in Breaking News, CME Group, Events, knight capital, Practitioners | Tagged Aaron Lebovitz, algorithmic software programs, charles whitman, CME Group, Commodities, Edgar Perez, energy, George Hanley, GETCO, global economic recovery, Hedge Funds, high-frequency trading, high-speed U.S. trading firm, increased competition, Infinium Capital, institutional traders, IntercontinentalExchange, KCG Holdings, Knight capital, KNIGHTMARe ON WALL STREET, low interest, low-volatility, low-volume, Mark Palchak, regulatory oversight, reuters, strategic partner, Tabb Group, trading environment, U.S. exchanges, volume and volatility | 1 Comment

Nasdaq Eyes Opportunity as Fixed Income Slips Toward Electronic Trading

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Innovator

Julie Segal writes for Institutional Investor that Nasdaq, once known as the stock home for young technology companies, is making a bid to become a major player in the electronic trading of fixed-income securities. The move is a logical one … Continue reading →

Posted in CME Group, Fixed Income, High Frequency Trading, NASDAQ | Tagged Ben Bernanke, BGC Partners fixed-income, bond buying program, central banks, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Electronic Trading, equity trading, Eric Noll, eSpeed, Europe, Federal Reserve, fixed-income securities, Institutional Investor, interest rate futures, Julie Segal writes, liquidity gathering mechanism, MarketAxess, monetary policy, Nasdaq, Nasdaq OMX, NLX, Risk management, swaps clearing platform, Tabb Group, Technology Companies, Tradeweb, transaction services, U.S. Treasuries, Will Rhode | Leave a comment

High-frequency trading firm Panther Energy fined in ‘spoofing’ case

Posted on July 22, 2013 by admin

A high-speed trading firm in New Jersey and its owner agreed to pay $2.8 million to settle federal charges that they used a disruptive market trading practice that was banned by Congress when it passed a major financial overhaul measure three … Continue reading →

Posted in Breaking News, CME Group, Dark Pools, Finance, High Frequency Trading | Tagged algorithm, business, CFTC, CME, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Dodd-Frank, Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Financial regulation, high-frequency trading | Leave a comment

CME Requests CFTC Approval to Change Rule Barring Wash Trades

Posted on July 12, 2013 by admin

CME Group Inc. (CME), the owner of the world’s largest derivatives market, asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to approve a change to its rule barring traders from engaging in transactions with themselves. Following discussions with the CFTC’s market … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, CFTC, CME Group, Dark Pools, Finance, High Frequency Trading | Tagged Bart Chilton, business, CFTC, Chicago, CME Group, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Democratic Party (United States), Derivatives market | 1 Comment

High Speed Traders Exploit Loophole of CME Computer System

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Innovator

High-speed traders are using a hidden facet of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s CME -1.13% computer system to trade on the direction of the futures market before other investors get the same information. Using powerful computers, high-speed traders are trying to … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, CME Group, Financial Instruments Directive, High Frequency Trading, high-frequency journalism, TABB Group poll, The Wall Street Journal | Tagged Anita, CFTC, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME, CME Group Inc., CME's AuroraIll., Commodity Futures Trading Commission, computer system, computer-driven, DRW Trading Group, futures market, high speed traders, ICE, IntercontinentalExchange Inc., powerful computers, Sandler + O'Neill Partners L.P., Tabb Group, Technology Advisory Committee., Virtu Financial LLC, Wall Street | Leave a comment

HFT Analysis: High Speed Trading a Stiff Challenge for SEC and CFTC Regulators

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Innovator

Christine Stebbins from Reuters reports that financial trading in world markets has grown so lightning-fast that effective regulation is growing tougher by the second, increasing the threat of crashes sparked by hoaxes, electronic glitches or yet-unknown causes. The latest alarm … Continue reading →

Posted in CFTC, CME Group, High Frequency Trading, Regulatory Updates, SEC, TABB Group poll | Tagged Aaron Smith, agricultural markets, algorithms, Associated Press, CFTC, CME Group, computerized trading, concept release, Department of Agriculture, derivatives markets, disruptive practices, division of market oversight, DJIA, Dodd-Frank, Dow Jones Industrial Average, efficient markets, electronic glitches, financial markets, Financial trading, flash crash, Futures Industry Association, futures markets., Gary Gensler, Hedge Funds, high-frequency trading, high-speed trading, Institutional Investors, institutional traders, IntercontinentalExchange, James Overdahl, Lehman Brothers, market liquidity, monitoring, mutual fund. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, National Grain and Feed Association, NGFA, price discovery., regulation, Richard Shilts, Risk management, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, securities markets, Senate Agricultural Committee, spoofing, stock-index futures, Terry Duffy, The Tabb Group, Twitter, University of California, White House | 1 Comment

U.S. Regulators Investigating if High-frequency Traders are Distorting Stock and Futures Markets: ‘Wash Trades’

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Innovator

According to The Wall Street Journal’s Scott Patterson, Jenny Strasburg and Jamila Trindle, U.S. regulators are investigating whether high-frequency traders are routinely distorting stock and futures markets by illegally acting as buyer and seller in the same transactions, according to … Continue reading →

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High-Speed Traders Profit at Expense of Ordinary Investors, a Study by Chief Economist at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Andrei Kirilenko, Says

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Innovator

A top government economist has concluded that the high-frequency traders that have come to dominate the nation’s financial markets are taking significant profits from traditional investors. The chief economist at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Andrei Kirilenko, reports in a coming … Continue reading →

Posted in CFTC, CME Group, Food for Thought, Market Making, Practitioners | Tagged algorithmic trading, Alternative Investments, Andrei Kirilenko, Bart Chilton, C.F.T.C. commissioners, CFTC, chief economist, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), high speed traders, high-frequency trading conference, High-Frequency Trading Seminar, Individual Investors, Institutional Investors, Ordinary Investors, Profit, quantitative trading, The Speed Traders, Ultra High-Frequency Trading | 1 Comment

Deciphering Chaos with Commissioner Bart Chilton at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2012 Chicago

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Innovator

A who’s who in the industry gathered on Tuesday, October 9, at High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2012 Chicago, How Knight Capital’s ‘Knightmare on Wall Street’ Could Transform the Regulatory Landscape and Impact Investors, Speed Traders and Brokers”, unique conference … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: CME Group

BLOOMBERG: CFTC Seeks Comment on Potential High-Speed Trading Curbs

While Infinium Starts Talks on Tie-up, Knight Founders Join Knightmare’s Book Launch Party

Nasdaq Eyes Opportunity as Fixed Income Slips Toward Electronic Trading

High-frequency trading firm Panther Energy fined in ‘spoofing’ case

CME Requests CFTC Approval to Change Rule Barring Wash Trades

High Speed Traders Exploit Loophole of CME Computer System

HFT Analysis: High Speed Trading a Stiff Challenge for SEC and CFTC Regulators

U.S. Regulators Investigating if High-frequency Traders are Distorting Stock and Futures Markets: ‘Wash Trades’

High-Speed Traders Profit at Expense of Ordinary Investors, a Study by Chief Economist at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Andrei Kirilenko, Says

Deciphering Chaos with Commissioner Bart Chilton at High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2012 Chicago

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