Algo Wheels
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Top Sell-Side Trends for 2023
What are the top market structure issues for sell-side firms in 2023? With the new year off to a fast start, brokerage firms are facing a variety of evolving issues that could impact their trading businesses. On the horizon are proposed regulations to reform U.S. equity trading, increased best execution obligations, innovations in ATSs, 24-hour trading, and shortening the settlement cycle to T+1.
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Amid Volatility, European Buy-Side Turns to Program Trading and Systematic Internalizers
In the past, European traders increased their allocation to algorithmic/direct market access (DMA) while reducing high-touch trading. This year, the biggest increase was seen in program trading by about 34%.
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Case Study with Spheria Asset Management: Raising the Bar on Real-Time Analytics and Trade Automation with FlexTRADER EMS
Although developing advantageous data projects requires considerable effort,
the rewards typically include significantly reduced trading costs, enhanced
trader effectiveness, and increased overall returns. Taking a strategic
approach can help realize these benefits, while managing the costs involved.
By some estimates, the difference between making even small improvements,
versus not doing so, can be hundreds of millions of dollars. -
Building Next-Gen Data Strategies to Boost Trading Success
Although developing advantageous data projects requires considerable effort,
the rewards typically include significantly reduced trading costs, enhanced
trader effectiveness, and increased overall returns. Taking a strategic
approach can help realize these benefits, while managing the costs involved.
By some estimates, the difference between making even small improvements,
versus not doing so, can be hundreds of millions of dollars. -
Is Remote Work Leading to a Paradigm Shift on the Trading Desk?
Given the market’s resiliency and traders working from home during the COVID-19-fueled volatility, some market observers have questioned the centralized trading desk mentality that has been pervasive on Wall Street.
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In Volatile Markets, Trading Technology Matters
At times like these, two major factors come into play: first, your trading technology’s ability to process and manage the data coming into the platform, and secondly, how well-established automation is within the firm.
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A Year in Review: Top FlexAdvantage Blog Posts in 2019
Topics such as market data costs, natural language processing, MiFID II research unbundling, Algo Wheels, exchange startups, market structure, dark pools, and desktop interoperability, resonated with the readers of the FlexAvantage industry blog.
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FX Algo News: How can FX benefit from a new wave of innovation with Algo Wheels?
Alistair Cree, Product Manager at FlexTrade, tackles ten questions about Algo Wheels in FX trading.
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Algo Wheels Spinning into Futures
Algo wheels have become a popular technology in equities trading, but now there are signs that algo wheels are expanding beyond equities into multiple asset classes such as futures.
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Buy-Side Savviness for Data Analysis Shakes Up Broker Allocations
As asset managers become more data-driven in their analysis of execution quality, they are reallocating order flows among their broker-dealer relationships at a faster pace.
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MiFID II Reaches Across the Pond: Is This the Calm Before the Storm?
Despite the view that MiFID II is a European regulation, US investment managers are experiencing disruption as they align their research payment and execution practices with the influential standard.