The alternative trading system IEX continues to gain market share and has been referred to as the fastest growing securities market in U.S. history. In order to scale its ability to protect more investors, IEX needs approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to operate as a stock exchange. But the company is facing a surprising level of opposition, with some even calling the company “un-American.” Brad Katsuyama, IEX’s CEO and co-founder explains: ...
High-Frequency Trading: technology, business, Illegal practices, and more High-frequency trading (HFT) firms use sophisticated computer programs to execute thousands of trades in a second. In fact, a second is slow by HFT standards: Traders often measure time by microseconds, or one-millionth of a second. In the decade or so since this high-tech form of trading zoomed onto the Wall Street scene, it's generated plenty of controversy. ...
High-frequency trading and the $440m mistake. Computers and clever maths enable traders to buy and sell in the blink of an eye. But does high-frequency trading make matters worse when things go wrong? Major exchanges seek to dismiss high-frequency trading lawsuit. "Major U.S. stock exchanges have asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of costing ordinary investors billions of dollars by rigging markets to benefit high-frequency ...
High-frequency trading gives players the edge on JSE. A FIFTH of the JSE’s equity activity came from high-frequency computerised trading earlier this week, CEO Nicky Newton-King says. When the JSE launched its co-location centre in May, it accounted for about 5% of equity activity. In the past month co-location activity had accounted for 18%-20% of the JSE’s equity trading, Ms Newton-King said. SEC Likely Won’t Enact Stand-Alone High-Frequency Trading Rules. ...
Originally Posted by matfx The Problem of HFT - Collected Writings on High Frequency Trading & Stock Market Structure Reform : Haim Bodek This book explores the problem of high frequency trading (HFT) as well as the need for US stock market reform. This collection of previously published and unpublished materials includes the following articles and white papers: 1. The Problem of HFT - explains how HFTs came to dominate US equity markets by exploiting ...
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