Tag: algorithmic trading

I just posted a blog on the potential of algorithmic trading terrorism -- can a "denial of service" style attack cripple world markets? See the full posting...

I spent last week in India, a country that, by any standards, is growing fast.  Its population has doubled in the last 40 years to 1.2B and economic growth has averaged more than 7% per year since 1997.  It’s projected to grow at more than 8% in 2010. By...

Yesterday the CFTC, the regulator in charge of Futures and Options markets, announced a new Technology Advisory Committee (TAC), chaired by the very capable Commissioner Scott O’Malia. Read the complete...

Washington, D.C., May 26, 2010 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed a new rule that would require the self-regulatory organizations (SROs) to establish a consolidated audit trail system that would enable regulators to...

The trading business feels like a fight, now as ever, with the threat of sweeping regulations as the most pressing concern of the moment.  This business even sounds like a war, too - with algorithms names like "Raider" and...