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Optiver profit benefits from market volatility
By Philip Stafford in London | @06-28-12
Optiver Holding, the high-frequency trading and market-making firm, more than doubled pre-tax profit for 2011 as it benefited from market volatility and regulatory changes. The Dutch group said total trading income for the year to December 31 rose from �377.5m to �622.8m, its highest level since 2008. ...

Mark Cuban: High-Frequency Traders Are the Ultimate Hackers
From Internet | @06-27-12
By Scott Patterson
(The Q&A below is the first in a two-part series looking at high-frequency trading. Click here to read the second part.) Mark Cuban is best-known for his success as a businessman and pro basketball owner. But in the past few years, he has also gained a ...

High-Frequency Trading Machines Favored Over Humans by CME Group, Lawsuit Claims
By D.M. Levine | @06-27-12
A small band of humans is fighting what it warns is the rise of the machines in financial markets. A group of two dozen brokers and traders has sued CME Group, the owner of major commodities exchanges in New York and Chicago, arguing that a new rule that took ...

Who Let the Rats in Our Grainery- Traders file Lawsuit in Cook County Court against the CME Group
From Internet | @06-27-12
Who Let the Rats in Our Grainery- Traders file Lawsuit in Cook County Court against the CME Group Industry professionals attempt to keep the settlement process as is and to retain the integrity of the agricultural futures markets. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 1 2 3 1 (2) 1 (2) PRLog (Press Release) - Jun 26, ...

High-Frequency Trading Machines Favored Over Humans by CME Group, Lawsuit Claims
From Internet | @06-27-12
High-Frequency Trading Machines Favored Over Humans by CME Group, Lawsuit Claims Cme Group Lawsuit CME Group, Chicago Board Of Trade, Algorithmic Trading, Commodities, Futures Contracts, High-Frequency Trading, Lawsuits, Business News A small band of humans is fighting what it warns is the rise of the machines in financial markets. A group of two dozen ...

The New High Frequency Trading Landscape: Man Versus Machine
By Hilary Farrell | @06-26-12
Last week, 11 financial and Wall Street firms, including the Security Traders Association and NYSE-Euronext issued statements on future practices for fair markets. Perhaps not so surprisingly, the subject of high frequency trading came up as a front-running issue with current market structure. High frequency trading is the use ...

CME Group Sued by Traders over Settlement Rules--Report
From Internet | @06-24-12
A group of two dozen brokers and traders filed suit in Cook County, Ill. Friday in an attempt to stop CME Group. (CME) from instituting new rules in its commodity exchanges that would reduce the role of pit traders in determining settlement prices, Reuters reported Friday. The suit is a last ...