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What to do about the consolidated tape?
The consolidated tape has been a staple of Wall Street since it was launched in 1976. For many years, it was the definitive source of information about trades as close to real-time as possible. But... Read more...
Flash Crash concerns in the commodities; Infinium being probed
The stock market isn't the only market pondering high-frequency trading and its impact. Such trading is also a huge issue in the commodities market, where some striking volatility hit on February 3,... Read more...
High-frequency trading guys set up own shop
There's a fine line these days between trader and programmer. A lot of programmers are called traders and sit out on the trading desk. But the pay has always been out of whack from the coder point of... Read more...
Sell-side continues to build out data centers
The need for speed is acute on Wall Street. A great symbol of that is the opening of the Mahwah, N.J., facility the NYSE Euronext just launched. Beyond the top exchanges, the sell-side is in... Read more...
Global march of high-frequency trading continues
For all of the angst over high-frequency trading (HFT news), it's clear that it is not going away. If the practice is somehow impeded in the United States, more trading may simply migrate overseas.... Read more...
Direct Edge adds two to list of formal exchanges
The ranks of U.S. stock markets keep getting more crowded. Along with the NYSE, Nasdaq and BATS, two new markets are now fully approved--Direct Edge's EDGA and EDGX equity markets. The... Read more...
Deutsche Bank aims for better buy-side algos
It was a lot easier on the buy-side back when you traded with human beings. These days, the main liquidity providers tend to be super automated, faceless algorithm driven entities. You can either... Read more...
A great overview of high-frequency trading
Say what you will about high-frequency traders (high-frequency trading news), but I think we can all agree we really don't know much about them. We've heard the rhetoric on both sides, but the... Read more...
Some algorithms being re-written after Flash Crash
The Flash Crash of May 6 has led to a lot of talk about various traders and their impact on the markets. But you also have to ask the flip-side of that question: how have high-frequency and various... Read more...
Can speed be regulated?
The chairman of the SEC made some interesting comments regarding the sheer speed of the markets. The SEC (SEC news) needs "to explore whether bids and orders should be regulated on speed so there is... Read more...
