Automated Trading BlogWritten by Andrew Actman, Lightspeed Financial’s Chief Strategy Officer, the Automated Trading Blog discusses today’s black box trading and algorithmic trading marketplace. Topics of discussion and commentary vary from high frequency trading, automated trading platform strategies and technologies, as well as any legislative issues surrounding automated trading. Learn more about automated trading. 9/8/2010
The Power Behind Automated Trading - 2:45 p.m., May 6, 2010 is a date and time that will live forever in the minds of many active traders. This is the exact time of the U.S. stock market going absolutely haywire for the first time in history. Various stocks had zero bids, indexes collapsed, ... more.
7/22/2010
New Financial Regulations and What They May Mean To You - This year will go down in financial history as the era of governmental meddling in the economic system. Not since the aftermath of the Great Depression has such sweeping regulatory overhauls been proposed. Driven by fear of a repeat of 2008's meltdown, po... more.
7/7/2010
Latency Arbitrage: What Is It and What Does It Mean for the Future of Direct Market Access? - Direct market access traders are facing yet another challenge in the ever-changing world of high frequency trading. The financial markets have always been a predatory environment with the strong feeding off the weak, the smart off the naive, and the cleve... more.
6/11/2010
Automated Trading at Lightspeed: Leveling Today's Playing Field - Some of our readers are major traders, others not so much. If you fall into the latter category, you probably often wonder, how do you avoid being run over by Wall Street’s major players? After all, these guys have most of the perceived advantages &... more.
5/14/2010
Man vs. Machine: Time to Regulate? - With algorithmic trading accounting for 60% to 70% of trades, it's no surprise that some mavens think such trading should be scrutinized and regulated. No good deed goes unpunished. When someone does something well, it seems there is always someone else t... more.
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