Aite Group, a Boston research firm, reports that the high frequency trading community is now responsible for more than 60% of average daily volume in U.S. equities. High frequency trades are often executed with automated systems. Data volumes are exploding on Wall Street and the number of trades executed each year is increasing significantly. Traders [...]
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Since the release of the Marketcetera Automated Trading Platform 1.0 in January, we’ve brought on several great new board members and got the ball rolling with exciting new customers. And recently, we’ve heard continuing calls for open source from financial services firms trying to navigate a new market with smaller budgets. When Graham and Toli started [...]
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The September 2008 market crash has certainly shaken up the trading industry. For buy-side firms and hedge funds in particular, the volatile period over the last seven months has required difficult adjustments. The realities of a new market have challenged the assumptions inherent in hedging practices and federal regulations (such as the short selling ban) [...]
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