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Small firm makes big spash as critic of high-frequency trading
Obviously, they didn't plan it this way, but the May 6 Flash Crash made stars out of Sal Arnuk and Joe Saluzzi, the founders of Themis Trading, a small broker dealer tucked away in Chatham, N.J. Both
Dark pool market share rises; controversy brews
No matter what you think about dark pools, we can all agree they will continue to find themselves in the middle of controversy. But not just any controversy. We're talking about a continuation of the
Federal regulators propose audit trail for all orders
You may be surprised that this functionality did not already exist: the ability to track stock orders on U.S. exchanges. But in fact there was no way to conduct any sort of audit across the markets,
Battle lines harden on high-frequency trading
In the wake of the May 6th Flash Crash, high-frequency traders ( high-frequency trading news) have found themselves in the spotlight. Depending on your point of view, they are either high-tech bandits
Risk management as a soft-dollar item
The agency execution business is alive and well, as is the research-as-soft-dollars business model. Lots of trading outfits are still offering stock research as a way to generate business from the
Do high frequency traders really engage in front-running?
Emotions run high when it comes to high-frequency trading ( high-frequency trading news). A lot of that stems not from standard issues of latency and throughput, but from larger moral issues that have
Lime Brokerage offers new sponsored access product
Lime Brokerage emerged recently as one of the most forceful critics of so-called naked access ( naked access news), which lets some brokers offer big clients direct access with few pre-trade risk and
A decision on short selling curbs
Several proposals to curb short-selling have been discussed over the past year. I think most people were betting that a modified uptick rule was going to be passed . The issue really was whether some
The end of naked sponsored access
The conventional wisdom as of late has been that the SEC would crack down on so-called naked access or naked sponsored access. The whole idea seemed to fly in the face of reform and market structure
A new reporting facility for HFT firms?
Few issues have galvanized the SEC quite like high frequency trading. The agency really needs to show it is up to the task, able to regulate issues that are really at the heart of the modern,
