Flash orders news from FierceFinanceIT

It's no secret that the SEC is taking a look at high-frequency trading and other modern innovations. It's already indicated it will ban flash orders and it seems skeptical of the worth of IOIs. What... Read more...

As expected, the SEC has proposed a ban on flash orders, a practice that had already been disavowed by BATS and Nasdaq OMX. DirectEdge, which had been a pioneer of sorts, seemed determined to stick... Read more...

Does it have to be either/or when it comes to flash orders? In the immediate aftermath of the flash order brou-ha-ha, BATS and the Nasdaq OMX both decided to end the practice by Sept. 1. But Traders... Read more...

We've noted often that innovations in the equities market have migrated over to the options market in important ways, decimalization, alternative trading venues, for example. Are we seeing it again?... Read more...