Bloomberg claims that alternative Forex ECN ParFX was approached by banks asking if its technology could be applied to other asset classes. Interesting article today on Bloomberg we'd like to make our readers aware of, on the trouble big players in the currency markets have been having with high frequency trading -- which make up 30-35%…
Read moreIEX aims to remove high frequency traders’ advantages by introducing 350 ms delay on all orders IEX is gaining momentum with equity traders. Will it also make its way to FX? Conservative risk management of order flow and David Einhorn may well be considered two polar opposites, however the billionaire hedge fund manager has purchased…
Read more30 to 35 percent of transactions on EBS, an electronic trading FX platform owned by ICAP Plc, are high-frequency driven A piece by Bloomberg today examines the shift of HFT strategies from the equities market into currencies. Fundamentals still drive the market over the short and long runs, though not quite in the minute to…
Read moreSoftware company Deltix joins forces with Citi to provide integrated algo-trading solution for research and automated execution of FX Despite the European Parliament's openly adverse view toward algorithmic and high frequency trading (HFT) among institutions across the continent, North America's technology firms and fiscal authorities show no sign of halting their increasing will to refine…
Read moreFederal Reserve of New York Researcher Ernst Schaumburg Considers HFT Vital For Efficient FX Order Flow As the somewhat draconian steps being taken by the European Commission toward high frequency trading (HFT) continue to take shape, the viewpoint of senior officials across the pond denote a contrasting perspective. The New York Federal Reserve has released a…
Read moreAs the world of HFT and algorithmic trading continues to up its game, Mercury Minerva's release of Gunslinger-HFT 2.0 Achieves 750ns Event-Detection-to-Trade Latency using Solarflare AOE with Altera Stratix FPGA As regulatory authorities in many jurisdictions which are home to major FX market participants continue to bear down on high frequency trading (HFT) and automated trading…
Read moreLMAX also set to launch an institutional trading venue with 'no last look', aimed at high frequency traders. In a recent interview with LMAX CEO David Mercer posted on the LMAX website, LMAX reported some very interesting developments in its business. On the volume side of things -- the lifeblood of any forex broker, retail…
Read moreFrench interdealer broker Tradition launches a competitor to ICAP-EBS.
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