Archive for category: Latency

The Key to HFT? Location, Location, Location

The Key to HFT? Location, Location, Location

0 / July 8, 2011 12:00 am

As anyone who knows anything about High Frequency Trading knows that the difference of a microsecond can make all the difference to your success as a trader. More and more traders across the world are investing in technologies to bring [...]

Key HFT challenges facing Heads of Global Trading

Key HFT challenges facing Heads of Global Trading

0 / June 27, 2011 1:29 pm

Interest in electronic trading is growing around the world – not least in the Nordic economies that continue to lead on the global stage. The explosive growth of high frequency trading (HFT), in the Nordic regions in particular, has stemmed [...]

The Voice of The Machine – 5 Minutes with the CTO of Chi-X

The Voice of The Machine – 5 Minutes with the CTO of Chi-X

0 / May 31, 2011 4:07 pm

Florian Miciu is the CTO at Chi-X Europe, putting him right on the cutting edge of the world of trading technology, particularly when it comes to making sure that the all-important ‘back-end’ is serving the needs of those on the [...]

Megamergers and Macroeconomic Developments – A Discussion with Sungard

Megamergers and Macroeconomic Developments – A Discussion with Sungard

0 / April 28, 2011 11:21 am

Sometimes it’s hard to know what’s happening from one week to the next with these mega-mergers and macroeconomic developments, so to help clear the muddy exchange trading waters and explain what can be done to help you make sense of [...]

“The leader who can’t delegate will always fail”  – Our Top 30 Tweets @tradetech 2011

“The leader who can’t delegate will always fail” – Our Top 30 Tweets @tradetech 2011

0 / April 19, 2011 4:35 pm

So TradeTech Europe, the biggest event from the TradeTech stables, is done and dusted for another year and what an event it was! Over 2,200 attendees came to London for 3 days of discussion on electronic trading, regulation, HFT, equities and [...]

High Frequency Trading – What’s in a name?

1 / April 13, 2011 10:00 am

High Frequency Trading seems to be a catchphrase for all and sundry but John Greenan explains why HFT is so hard to define. John Greenan is global multi-asset connectivity manager at BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Prior to this job, Greenan [...]

Dark pool trading should be an extension rather than the rule

0 / March 29, 2011 9:34 am

Specially selected by Deutsche Börse, Prof. Dr. Peter Gomber, Chair of Business Administration (e-Finance) at the University of Frankfurt/M since 2004, and keynote speaker at TradeTech Deutschland 2011, gave us his insight on MiFID II, dark pool trading and the [...]

The next drive for Electronic Trading innovation is not Low Latency – It’s Liquidity

0 / March 22, 2011 12:03 pm

Read highlights from our exclusive in-depth interview with Brian Gallagher, MD at Morgan Stanley for Electronic Trading, Europe, or watch the full video below. DMC: What do you expect then the main changes coming from MiFID II are likely to [...]