AlgoTrader AG just informed that Phillip Securities Japan Ltd., a Tokyo-based broker with membership in TSE, OSE and TOCOM has integrated the AlgoTrader algorithmic trading solution for trading index futures with its newly launched futures dark pool. Phillip Securities consulted AlgoTrader to meet their desire for custom execution algos for Japanese futures trading on the…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq:CBOE) has announced that Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE), plans to offer trading in Cboe® iBoxx® iShares® $ High Yield Corporate Bond Index (IBHY) futures beginning September 10, 2018, pending regulatory review. The $8.5 trillion U.S. corporate bond market includes robust cash and exchange-traded fund (ETF) markets, however, there is currently no…
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Tradovate, an online brokerage firm for active, self-directed futures traders, and Order Flow Analytics (OFA), a data visualization company, announced today that Tradovate has integrated OFA’s analytical and algorithmic trading tools into its cloud-based platform. The move enables thousands of current OFA clients to transform their experience with the products, providing new means of access, a higher…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that Judge Amy J. St. Eve of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a Consent Order of Permanent Injunction (Order) against Defendants Igor B. Oystacher and his proprietary trading company, 3Red Trading LLC (3Red), both of Chicago, Illinois, finding that the Defendants engaged in a…
Read moreAs May advances, we see more companies report their volumes metrics for April 2016. Thus far, it is too early to speak of a coherent pattern of results, as some saw trading volumes rise while others registered declines. ASX, which earlier today published its monthly activity report for April 2016, saw a steep drop in…
Read moreA month after Singapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) welcomed Taiwan-based JihSun Futures Co., Ltd to its list of derivatives market trading members, it announces a new derivatives trading member. The latest addition is Hong Kong-based Zhongrong International Futures Company Limited. The admission of Zhongrong International Futures Company Limited takes the total number of Trading Members in SGX’s…
Read moreWe are diving deeper into the volumes reporting season, with most companies thus far announcing trading volumes which are weaker than in February 2016. ASX is not one of them, if we take into account the data reported by the Exchange earlier today, as futures and options on futures volumes rose steeply from February 2016…
Read moreTokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) today announced a further extension to its Discount Program in Three-month Euroyen Futures (Euroyen). The program, which offers discounts of up to 90%, is extended for further six months to September 30, 2016. It covers Strip, Butterfly and Condor Trades executed through Block Trade functions. Euroyen futures volumes have been steady…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) today announces the addition of Aluminium European Premium Duty-Paid (Metal Bulletin) futures contracts, in a move to further boost its base metals offering. The new contracts are set to begin trading on March 21, 2016. They will be available for trading on CME Globex, for submission for clearing…
Read moreAfter a challenging January, ASX managed to see a robust rise in futures trading volumes in February 2016. According to data from the latest ASX Group Monthly Activity Report, total futures and options on futures volume amounted to 10,558,889 contracts in February 2016, a reading which is 15.8% stronger than in January 2016. In annual…
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