Archive for category: News

EMIR: What is it? No, really. What is it?!

EMIR: What is it? No, really. What is it?!

0 / February 17, 2012 4:50 pm

As literally everyone who deals with derivatives will know by now is that the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) makes no sense grammatically, but has nonetheless been agreed by the all-seeing druids of the European Commission. The intentions seem laudable [...]

Gold’s Connecting Flight (It Just Landed)

Gold’s Connecting Flight (It Just Landed)

0 / January 5, 2012 4:22 pm

by Carson Dahlberg, CMT Special to the TradeTech Blog I am writing this on 12.29.2011 during Thursday’s regularly scheduled session. There are few interesting things lining up that I have observed worth sharing about gold. These line up the odds [...]

TT Top Headlines: Safety of European Bonds an Illusion? EMI Deal, Geithner Urges Asia, Short-selling Groupon

TT Top Headlines: Safety of European Bonds an Illusion? EMI Deal, Geithner Urges Asia, Short-selling Groupon

0 / November 11, 2011 9:21 pm

This week stocks were up and down over the crisis in Europe, particularly Italy. Right before its collapse, MF Global dumped European debt at a loss, which unfortunately didn’t help. In other news, after a high IPO, Groupon is being [...]

TT’s Top Headlines: Groupon IPO, Euro Crisis Continues and oh, that whole MF Global Thing…

TT’s Top Headlines: Groupon IPO, Euro Crisis Continues and oh, that whole MF Global Thing…

0 / November 4, 2011 9:02 pm

The financial world has been anything but boring lately, even for consumers who may not follow with as much careful attention as we naturally do. Unfortunately the more attention we’re getting, the more likely it is that turmoil and volatility [...]

Where Do We Go Now? Ow ow ow.

Where Do We Go Now? Ow ow ow.

0 / October 31, 2011 6:42 pm

By Carson Dahlberg, CMT Special to the TradeTech Blog We are at a major inflection point. Major. Currently, we are at multi time framed resistance, near 1250. The very good news, is that once a trend begins, you’ll have great [...]

MiFID II – 10 key takeaways that will give you indigestion

MiFID II – 10 key takeaways that will give you indigestion

0 / October 26, 2011 10:02 am

Just back from a two week trip around Asia and Australia that took in dark pool seminars in Hong Kong and Singapore and attendance at the FPL conference in Sydney. In my absence, it seems like the Eurocrats in Brussels [...]

MiFID II Proposals – Your Whistlestop Briefing

MiFID II Proposals – Your Whistlestop Briefing

0 / October 21, 2011 4:42 pm

It’s been two years in the making, with speculation, hearsay, leaks and lobbying-a-plenty, but finally the MiFID II proposal has now been published by the European Commission. What a shame, then, that its arrival has been met more with a [...]

TT’s Top Headlines: UBS, SocGen, The Eurozone & Greece, The Volker Rule, Quant. Easing…

TT’s Top Headlines: UBS, SocGen, The Eurozone & Greece, The Volker Rule, Quant. Easing…

0 / October 10, 2011 5:08 pm

EU Sees Coordinated Action on Bank Capital Business Week Shares up on euro bank plan hopes BBC High-street banks attacked over account switching policy The Independent Investment banks need ethics as well as a desire to make money The Telegraph [...]

HFT in Europe: What are the Options?

HFT in Europe: What are the Options?

0 / October 5, 2011 9:00 am

With the ‘big reveal’ of MiFID II imminent, firms that make use of HFT are preparing to make an aggressive push into the European options markets thanks to the new trading platforms the regulation will create, according to a new [...]

TT’s Top Headlines: European Crisis Analysis, US Banks Charging Debit Fees & more…

TT’s Top Headlines: European Crisis Analysis, US Banks Charging Debit Fees & more…

0 / October 1, 2011 4:24 pm

This week in our TradeTech Blog Top Headlines, we see more European crisis analysis, SGX & LSE tying up for London Metal Exchange bid, US banks charging fees for using debit cards (the horror!) and a happy, (hopeful?) wave goodbye [...]