algorithmic trading
Bank invests in low latency monitoring
News Credit Suisse head of networks, James Walker, told silicon.com the adoption of algorithmic trading and Direct Market Access (a service that allows private investors to place, buy and sell orders directly on a stock exchange's order books) are... [23 Jun 2008]
Stock Exchange offers low latency feeds
News The Performance Channels service gives member firms using algorithmic trading models greater visibility of the spikes and events that occur during periods of high trading activity. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has agreed a deal for connectivity... [10 Jun 2008]
LSE volumes boosted by trading system
News It also said algorithmic or so-called "black box" trading is also growing fast. The LSE said: "The investment we have made in this new generation technology, together with the investment taking place by customers in new trading technologies and... [27 May 2008]
Complex Event Processing With DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows and Coral8: High-Speed XML Event Processing Requires a "Pure" Approach
White Paper CEP engines are being used to drive a new breed of applications, such as low-latency financial market data analysis for algorithmic trading and trade compliance monitoring, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and sensor network analysis for... [09 Apr 2008]
MiFID compliance warning
News In the near future algorithmic trading and smart order routing are predicted to be priorities along with efforts to cut tech costs due to the credit crunch. Many firms in the financial trading sector are still adopting a 'wait and see' approach to... [13 Mar 2008]
Testing Algorithmic Trading Strategies
White Paper Algorithmic trading is defined as "Placing a buy or sell order of a defined quantity into a quantitative model that automatically generates the timing and size of orders based on the goals specified by the parameters and constraints of an algorithm". [24 Feb 2008]
Market Risk and Algorithmic Trading
White Paper Increasingly, algorithmic trading programs automatically execute the trade orders that result. With the growing adoption of the AMD Opteron processor, high performance computing for quantitative modeling and algorithmic trading in the financial... [14 Feb 2008]
London Stock Exchange injects competition into post-trade costs
News The London Stock Exchange (LSE) plans to introduce a post-trade router to open up clearing services, improve stock liquidity and make algorithmic trading more viable. The service is targeted at high-volumes of short-term trades and will especially... [04 Feb 2008]
MiFID: It's finally right here, right now
News This side of MiFID is expected to prompt greater use of algorithmic and automated trading systems, which can quickly work out the best trading venues and provide a clear audit trail. MiFID (the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive) is Europe... [01 Nov 2007]
LSE invests in network monitoring
News TradeElect has the capability to run algorithmic trading at speeds unreachable by human traders. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has rolled out a monitoring application for its TradeElect electronic trading system to make sure it is running at... [23 Oct 2007]
Low Latency: Eliminating Application Jitter With Solaris
White Paper The annual doubling in market data volume over past years will likely be eclipsed in 2007 due to Reg NMS andMiFID2, penny quoting of options, proliferation of venues on which instruments trade and of dark pools of liquidity and the unprecedented... [11 Sep 2007]
HPC in Financial Services - The Power of Platform Symphony, Windows Compute Cluster Server and Excel 2007 Trio
White Paper This is particularly true in algorithmic trading, options pricing, and risk calculations where staying a tick ahead of the competition can make the difference between a winning or a losing trade. As business velocity increases, low latency is... [28 Aug 2007]
Bonds platform takes algorithmic step
News EuroMTS head of market data, Rafah Hanna, told silicon.com this facility opens the platform up to algorithmic programme trading, a process where human decision-making is replaced with rules-based automated trading at high speed. [16 Jul 2007]
Cheat Sheet: MiFID
Cheat Sheet Algorithmic trading will be increasingly used as well, as automated systems can work out the best trading venues and provide a clear audit trail. All enterprises covered by ISD will be affected - which broadly covers investment banks, market data... [05 Jun 2007]
MiFID tweaked for the UK
News Businesses will need to prove 'best execution' for trades - which is likely to take into account issues such as price, venue, cost and speed - and to retain records of trades for five years, a change that is likely to drive the uptake of automated... [01 Feb 2007]
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