KCG is interesting because, even though they seem to have lost their edge
in High frequency trading (still better than Timber Hill), they have in addition to this activity their shares in BATS (which you can get this way with a slight discount).
These document some of the phenomena that arise
in high frequency trading, from a theoretical and an empirical perspective.
In a guest post
in The High Frequency Trading Review, Narang freely admits that «there has been an increasing incidence, in recent times, of days exhibiting unusually high volatility (measured as days when the close - to - close return, or alternatively, the high - low trading range are large in magnitude).»
Not exact matches
For all the post-publication focus on
high -
frequency trading, Lewis spends very little time with
high -
frequency traders
in the book.
• White Oak Equity Partners acquired a minority interest
in Blueshift Asset Management, a Red Bank, N.J. - based quantitative investment firm focused on statistical arbitrage and
high -
frequency trading strategies.
Schmitt produced a white paper that raised concerns about
high -
frequency trading, the lack of competition
in the market and the «disappearance» of market makers, the banks and broker - dealers who traditionally stand by as passive buyers and sellers of stock to ensure other investors have a counterparty.
Elsewhere
in the issue, you'll find senior writer Thomas Watson's look at
high -
frequency trading, which suggests even those with a firm grasp on market fundamentals may not be able to explain everything that's happening on the exchanges these days (p. 56).
In March, Aequitas unveiled its
trading platform, which is designed to prevent
high -
frequency traders from taking advantage of other investors.
At the same time, regulators change
trading «ticks,» or the increments
in which stocks can
trade, from the current decimalization to nickel sizes, eliminating the benefits that
high -
frequency traders enjoy from capitalizing on moves of pennies.
He also points out that the exchange isn't even owned by a New York firm anymore, and that most of the
trading happens at
high -
frequency nerve centers
in New Jersey.
He said BlackRock is not overly concerned about liquidity
in the treasuries market, but is nonetheless keeping on top of everything that's going on — things like the emergence of
high -
frequency trading in the interdealer market.
IEX emerged as a new exchange
in 2016 with a system that slowed down
trading in an effort to neutralize the effect of
high -
frequency trading.
In Joe Castaldo's feature about Aequitas — Canada's newest securities marketplace, launching on March 27 — he explains the basics of how
high -
frequency trading works:
The proposed tower is part of a boom
in infrastructure designed to allow
high volumes of
high -
frequency trading.
And according to the data that I have seen,
high -
frequency computers dominate
trading on today's exchanges, so they must be playing some role
in the close - to - open volatility.
The lawsuit, which the Attorney General will announce at 4 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Wednesday, alleges that Barclays operates its dark pool to favor
high -
frequency traders and has actively sought to attract them by giving them systematic advantages over others
trading in the pool, the source said.
There has also been some feedback from the
high -
frequency trading firms, which are
in many cases customers.
We've split the world of
high -
frequency trading in a way.
The unfairness of
trading markets became a subject of intense focus with the publication
in 2014 of Michael Lewis's book «Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt,» which describes the way these markets are rigged
in favor of
high -
frequency traders.
One of the biggest names
in high -
frequency trading wants to erect a communications tower
in rural Kent as
high as The Shard as it steps up the millisecond arms race against rivals.
Investigations into
high -
frequency trading continue and into potential abuses
in dark pools — private stock markets usually operated inside large banks.
High Frequency Cross-Market Activity in US Treasury Markets looks at the increased high - frequency correlation of trading activity across assets and trading platfo
High Frequency Cross-Market Activity in US Treasury Markets looks at the increased high - frequency correlation of trading activity across assets and trading p
Frequency Cross-Market Activity
in US Treasury Markets looks at the increased
high - frequency correlation of trading activity across assets and trading platfo
high -
frequency correlation of trading activity across assets and trading p
frequency correlation of
trading activity across assets and
trading platforms.
A consequence is
high turnover
in shares, which also results from
high -
frequency trading by speculators.
But as we saw
in the 2010 flash crash, liquidity can vanish quickly when
high -
frequency trading programs sniff a bit of trouble.
This fragmentation was accompanied and encouraged by the rise of
high -
frequency trading, a term that describes the use of
high - powered computer programs to make hundreds or thousands of
trades per minute
in an attempt to exploit miniscule inefficiencies
in the markets.
In this article series Imanol Pérez, a PhD researcher in Mathematics at Oxford University, and an expert guest contributor to QuantStart outlines the basics of high - frequency tradin
In this article series Imanol Pérez, a PhD researcher
in Mathematics at Oxford University, and an expert guest contributor to QuantStart outlines the basics of high - frequency tradin
in Mathematics at Oxford University, and an expert guest contributor to QuantStart outlines the basics of
high -
frequency trading.
In my alternative Michael Lewis story, the smart young whippersnappers build
high -
frequency trading firms that undercut big banks» gut - instinct - driven market making with tighter spreads and cheaper
trading costs.
the systemic risk
in these
High -
Frequency Trading systems.
Is information technology moving
in on qualitative event
trading just as it has
high -
frequency quantitative algorithm
trading?
But
in the realm of finance, as much as we traders appreciate the opportunity to unpack and
trade complexity
in securities, structures and markets, we wonder if the overall impact of financial innovation, including derivatives, structured products,
high -
frequency trading and communication advances, is a net negative, albeit with a possibly long delay before the drawbacks become visible» Paul Singer
Some traders believe such
high -
frequency intervention
in the spot market and the coming requirements
in derivative
trading mark a step backward for China's currency reforms.
In a market without
high -
frequency trading, all stocks would
trade like Berkshire Hathaway Class A shares.
In just a few minutes, investors were given a taste of what could go wrong in today's world where high frequency trading is responsible for ~ 50 % of all daily trade
In just a few minutes, investors were given a taste of what could go wrong
in today's world where high frequency trading is responsible for ~ 50 % of all daily trade
in today's world where
high frequency trading is responsible for ~ 50 % of all daily
trades.
Designing incentives for market makers
in an era dominated by «
high -
frequency» electronic
trading is one of the crucial challenges
in today's financial markets, according to the latest report from U.S. securities regulators outlining ways to prevent a repeat of the «flash crash» of May 6, 2010.
Mr. Lieberman is Lead Counsel
in a putative securities class action that alleges Barclays PLC misled institutional investors about the manipulation of the banking giant's so - called «dark pool»
trading systems
in order to provide a
trading advantage to
high -
frequency traders over its institutional investor clients.
A non-fiction book focusing on the rise of
high -
frequency trading in the US equity market.
High -
frequency trading has been called a lot of things in recent months, but if the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has its way, it will lose one epithet: unreg
trading has been called a lot of things
in recent months, but if the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission has its way, it will lose one epithet: unreg
Trading Commission has its way, it will lose one epithet: unregulated.
High - frequency trades are characterized by extremely short holding periods and a high turnover of securities, and account for a significant amount of trading volume in today's mark
High -
frequency trades are characterized by extremely short holding periods and a
high turnover of securities, and account for a significant amount of trading volume in today's mark
high turnover of securities, and account for a significant amount of
trading volume
in today's markets.
In its proprietary trading, Systematic Strategies primary focus in on equity and volatility strategies, both low and high frequenc
In its proprietary
trading, Systematic Strategies primary focus
in on equity and volatility strategies, both low and high frequenc
in on equity and volatility strategies, both low and
high frequency.
In futures, the emphasis is on
high frequency trading, although we also run one or two lower
frequency strategies that have
higher capacity, such as the Futures WealthBuilder.
More Hot Links for Weekend Reading... Tadas frames the
High Frequency Trading debate in Life (and trading) is
Trading debate
in Life (and
trading) is
trading) is Unfair.
The last time the metal descended this quickly was 18 months ago, on January 6, 2014, when someone brought a massive gold sell order on the market before retracting it
in a
high -
frequency trading tactic called «quote stuffing.»
Tune
in to the full interview to see why
high -
frequency trading could be a contributing factor to the unusual drop
in the metal this week.
In the November 2015 version of their paper entitled «Stock Return Predictability and Investor Sentiment: A High - Frequency Perspective», Licheng Sun, Mohammad Najand and Jiancheng Shen measure the predictive power of half - hour changes in investor sentiment for subsequent half - hour U.S. stock market returns during the trading da
In the November 2015 version of their paper entitled «Stock Return Predictability and Investor Sentiment: A
High -
Frequency Perspective», Licheng Sun, Mohammad Najand and Jiancheng Shen measure the predictive power of half - hour changes
in investor sentiment for subsequent half - hour U.S. stock market returns during the trading da
in investor sentiment for subsequent half - hour U.S. stock market returns during the
trading day.
The proportion of
high frequency trades has declined
in the US
in recent years as they have lost some of their initial edge, but they still account for a majority of
trades.
It basically takes advantages of pre-programmed algorithms
in order to produce optimal results for traders by using the same principle applied by huge investment banks when they are conducting their
high frequency trades.
The message so far has been that the lower volatility
in the markets,
in part due to algorithmic and
high -
frequency trading, means that active traders have shied away from
trading this market.
It will offer stable and
high - quality execution
in accordance with the current market prices, the choosing of the best liquidity provider for each
trade, improved risk protection, depth of market, allows implementation of
high -
frequency strategies and 38
trading instruments.
I think after two ~ 50 % stock value crashes since 2000, a near financial calamity
in 2008, and ongoing shenanigans like
high -
frequency trading and punishing investing fees (to name just two), people are increasingly rejecting what's become conventional wisdom («you must turn over your savings to Wall Street or retire on a cat food diet»), thanks to the
high - powered Wall Street marketing machine.
For this approach, one would expect (and indeed, we find
in practice) that
higher turnover is associated with better performance, since portfolio turnover
in this case measures the
frequency of favorable
trading opportunities.