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FIA PTG and FIA EPTA Issue Recommendations for Software Development and Change Management
From Internet | @03-27-12
Washington, D.C. and Boca Raton, Fla March 14, 2012The FIA Principal Traders Group and the FIA European Principal Traders Association today issued a set of recommendations to assist trading firms in establishing internal procedures, processes and controls for the development, testing and deployment of trading software. FIA PTG and FIA ...

Knight's New Sumo Algo Wrestles with HFT
By James Armstrong, | @03-27-12
Knight Capital Group on Monday unveiled a new version of its Sumo algorithm that aims to help institutions camouflage their trading activity so they can safely interact with high-frequency traders. The algo has been redesigned to use real-time and historical liquidity measures to give priority to large orders ...

To all CME GROUP AGRICULTURAL Future & OPTION BROKERS
From Internet | @03-26-12
To all CME GROUP AGRICULTURAL Future & OPTION BROKERS: Remember when Beans in the 'teens meant something? Has anyone noticed the significant change in open outcry volume in the trading pits in the CBOT AG room? Is it MF GLOBAL? Or have customers lost interest in hedging $1350.00 Beans? Have ...

Exchange revenues from market data have ballooned...
From Internet | @03-26-12
Those who make hay while the sun shines are meant to be an example to those who sit back and do little. On that basis, stock exchanges are proving to be fine role models. Faced with competition in traditional trading activities, Europe's largest bourses are reaping the rewards from their last ...

The speculative scrum driving up food prices
By Frederick Kaufman, | @03-26-12
Bankers, hedge funds and sovereign wealth funds are gambling on hunger by speculating on food supply. Global regulators should step in to stop them Last year, the price of global food floated high as ever. That's bad news for most of us, but not for those who trade commodities. ...

Where�s the Noise?Unraveling Wall Street�s Low-Volume Mystery
By Matt Egan | @03-25-12
Peaking under the hood of the 25% stock-market rally since late October has left some market participants scratching their heads. While the gains seem to have been built on some credible factors, namely the easing eurozone debt crisis and a strengthening U.S. economy, trading volumes have uncharacteristically shrank ...

Paul Kedrosky on Bats, High-Frequency Trading
From Internet | @03-25-12
Mar. 23, 2012 - March 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Julie Hyman and Paul Kedrosky, author of the Infectious Greed Blog and a Bloomberg contributing editor, talk about today's cancellation by Bats Global Markets Inc. of its own initial public offering after errors on its own computer systems kept the stock ...