Category Archives: Wisdom Bits

University data sparks debate about trading policy

Posted on June 27, 2013 by admin

Economic data produced by the University in collaboration with Thomson Reuters has been in this month’s headlines of the Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times — portraying the University in a less than positive light. … Continue reading →

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In High-frequency Trading, Millisecond are Worth Fortune

Posted on October 11, 2012 by Innovator

Regulators all over the world are undertaking intensive studies to see how markets are being influenced by high-frequency trading. “High-frequency traders can see things a millisecond ahead of the rest of us, but a millisecond is worth a fortune,” says … Continue reading →

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Show Time for High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2012 at World’s Top Financial Centers, New York, Chicago and London

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Innovator

Building off of the momentum of the leading conferences of 2011 on the subject of algorithmic, quantitative and high-frequency trading, Golden Networking brings once again a renovated edition of High Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2012, this time in three of … Continue reading →

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The Speed Traders: A Worthwhile Read

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Innovator

The Speed Traders, by Edgar Perez, is an enlightening work on high frequency trading.  Although there are many high frequency trading books available on the market today, The Speed Traders is distinctive in that it does not stray from its … Continue reading →

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What Happened with BATS? Hear it from CEO, President and Chairman, Joe Ratterman

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Innovator

Dear BATS Customers and Members of the Trading Community, It is with great humility that I write to you for the first time in quite some while. As you are probably aware, we have been working towards a planned IPO … Continue reading →

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High Frequency Traders not ‘Taking Advantage’ of other Investors, says GLC’s Theakston

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Innovator

For Stuart Theakston, Head of Quantitative Research and Automated Trading, GLC Ltd, of the biggest misconceptions are that high-frequency traders are some-how ‘taking advantage’ of other investors; this is entirely bogus, he says. “They are actually getting paid, in a … Continue reading →

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What’s Behind the Curtain at High Frequency Trading Firms?

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Innovator

In an article for AdvancedTrading.com, Larry Tabb discusses the mystique of quants. Tabb questions whether the secrecy behind these firms is healthy for the markets and investors, or only beneficial to the quants themselves. Also, while all this secrecy has … Continue reading →

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Latest Financial Tax Proposal Could Net Billions for EU, Cripple High Frequency Traders

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Innovator

According to a  press release by Futures Trading Academy, the latest pitch to all 27 Union members in Europe is aiming to generate over 50 billion pounds annually for the troubled European financial system.  The financial transaction tax (FTT) is … Continue reading →

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The High Beta, High Volume Stocks that High Frequency Trading Systems Can’t Get Enough Of

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Innovator

A revealing new report done by the staff over at The Motley Fool breaks down the numbers behind the stocks traded most frequently by high frequency traders. The stocks that made each of the NYSE, Nasdaq and the BATS exchange … Continue reading →

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High Frequency Traders Flock to Switzerland

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Innovator

According to Tim Cave of the Financial News, the SIX Swiss Exchange, Switzerland’s national stock market, has attracted a raft of influential high-frequency trading firms this year as attempts to overhaul its electronic trading systems and keep pace with rival … Continue reading →

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