August 29, 2014

Trading Tech Talk 15: Virtual Machines Vs. Bare Metal

1 hour 1 minute

Hot Topics in Tech: MMI gets Chilton as an adviser to an industry group for high-speed traders less than six months after stepping down as a US regulator. Glitch Season Returns - Nasdaq breakdown causes "stuck" orders. CME futures trade resumes after technical glitch - trade begins about four hours late. Big Data - Improving research an going visual.

Data visualization demand spikes. TD Ameritrade dispute turns spotlight on US patent legislation. Citi pays $5m to settle SEC data charges. Greifeld warns on "perverted" dark pools - Legitmare point or exchange executive slamming the competition

The Inbox: Listener questions and comments

Question from Joe Mein: I'm writing with a question for options tech talk. Can the hosts relate their experiences with AWS - particularly EC2 - when it comes to using their virtual CPUS to backtest models for options trading. Is this an efficient way to extend our capability without making a large hardware investment or is there too much latency to be of much use. I've heard mixed things about Amazon's virtual CPUS from some peers and hope this program can help settle the debate. Also if not AWS, are there alternatives you can recommend?

Question from Bosun: This one is for the tech heads on TTT. Great program. I'm an active retail trader and fan of the Option Block and Volatility Views. But Trading Tech Talk is growing on my radar as I'm starting to learn more about what's going on under the hood in the markets. That stuff is pretty scary but mark and the panel do a good job of setting us straight. It also makes me wonder what I can do to profit with this tech. I keep coming across services that claim to provide actionable trading data from social media. I know this is the hot trend right now so we're bound to see more of these in the coming months. I'd like to know if you guys buy into this trend or think it's just a fad. Any service recs would also be a plus.

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