Trading Tech
Psydex Launches AIM 'News Bot'
Atlanta-based news analytics provider Psydex will this week launch its Psyng Bot news companion for AOL Instant Messenger, to provide sell-side and buy-side traders already using AIM with real-time news and analytics to support trading decisions.
Is ‘Flashing' Just Indecent Exposure?
Recent controversy over the use of "flash" orders and their potential to give some market participants a sneak peek at liquidity before it is displayed publicly last week prompted some exchanges to withdraw their flash functionality, possibly to pre-empt…
YouDevise Devises New Analytics
Trade ideas distribution software vendor YouDevise has added features to its Web-based Trade Idea Monitor platform to provide users with a range of analytics and market context derived from trade ideas submitted by brokers, regardless of the trade ideas…
RTI Adds Capabilities to Excel Plug-In
Low-latency messaging provider RTI has developed new features for its Microsoft Excel add-in, to provide better filtering and searching capabilities, and to enable users to manage data entitlements.
Humanizing Algorithms
As electronic trading becomes more popular and trading volumes and market volatility continue to grow, human traders are increasingly turning to algorithmic strategies for help. DWT U.S. reporter Oksana Poltavets sits down with Matthew Rowley, head of…
Caplin Upgrades Web-Based Application
LONDON-Data and trading technology vendor Caplin Systems is launching a new version of its Web-based trading application Caplin Trader with support for version 3.5 of the FireFox Web browser and enhancements to the user interface, say officials.
IPC Enhances Global Network
LONDON-Trading floor communications technology provider IPC Systems is in the process of upgrading and expanding its global network. The vendor has recently completed its pan-European optical network enhancement and has plans to go live with a point of…
Nasdaq OMX Nordic Markets to Begin Inet Migration
NEW YORK-Exchange operator and technology provider Nasdaq OMX is looking to improve efficiencies throughout its global businesses, according to exchange officials.
Quote MTF Members to Start Testing
BUDAPEST-Hungarian multilateral trading facility (MTF) Quote MTF will be available for participant testing by the end of this week, giving users the ability to see how the technology will operate once the new venue goes live on Sept. 4, officials tell…
Peresys Expands African Network
JOHANNESBURG-Traders looking to access the Botswana and Zimbabwe markets will be able to link to them through South African FIX services and connectivity provider Peresys within the next three months, DWT has learned.
‘Integration' Key Driver In Vhayu Buy
NEW YORK-Thomson Reuters has acquired real time-enterprise tick data technology provider Vhayu Technologies in order to achieve better integration between the two vendors' product sets, officials from both vendors say, declining to disclose the financial…
Dark pools: What lies beneath?
Regulators in the US and Europe are keeping an eye on how dark execution venues operate. Do they need to be more transparent in their operations? Although no concrete proposals have been forthcoming, any regulations are set to have a profound impact on…
Chi-X Launches Liquidity Consolidation Service
LONDON-Multilateral trading facility (MTF) operator Chi-X Europe officials announced today, Aug. 3, the launch of the MTF's smart liquidity consolidation service, dubbed Venue Interfaced Smart Interactive Order Network (Chi-Vision).
Bats Europe Preps for Friday Dark Pool Launch
LONDON-European traders have yet another destination for non-displayed liquidity as multilateral trading facility (MTF) Bats Europe plans to take its dark pool of liquidity live this Friday, Aug. 5.
Exchanges Eye Yearend Integration Payoffs
TORONTO & NEW YORK-TMX Group, owner and operator of the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and the Montréal Exchange (MX), will complete the majority of the integration between the two exchanges at the end of the year, say officials, who spoke during a recent…
TradeHelm Prepares White-Label Deals
CHICAGO—High-frequency trading environment provider TradeHelm is in the midst of a number of white-label deals for its ACTrader platform, DWT has learned.
MTS Eyes Brazilian Operations
LONDON—Pan-European sovereign debt trading venue provider MTS Group expects to have its latest operation, MTS Brazil, in production trading real-denominated Brazilian international bonds in the next to 12 to 18 months, firm officials tell DWT.
Ivory to Offer Improved CA Integration
ATLANTA-Officials at mainframe service-oriented architecture (SOA) software developer GT Software are currently working on the latest version of the Ivory Service Architect (ISA) product, DWT has learned.
NYSE Liffe Set for UTP Testing in Early 2010
LONDON-Firms trading on international futures exchange NYSE Liffe, operated by NYSE Euronext, should plan on testing connectivity to the exchange's Universal Trading Platform (UTP) in the first quarter of next year, according to exchange officials.
Bids Trader Update Sports Consolidated Interface
NEW YORK-Operators of alternative trading system (ATS) Bids Trading are in the process of rolling out version 6 of the firm's front end, dubbed Bids Trader.
Bloomberg Debuts 3G B-Smart Auto Algo
NEW YORK-Trading system and market data provider Bloomberg recently introduced the third generation of its B-Smart Auto trading algorithm, which allows users to automatically set how aggressively they want their trades executed.
TT Readies Exchange Gateway Betas
CHICAGO-Derivatives trading platform provider Trading Technologies International (TT) expects to go live with gateways to Icap's EBS foreign exchange (FX) trading venues and the London MetalsExchange (LME) by the end of the quarter, according to…
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