November 12, 2014

Trading Tech Talk 17: What Exactly is Best Ex?

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Trading Tech Talk 17: What Exactly is Best Ex?

Hot Topics in Tech: OCC and the U.S. Options Exchanges announce new risk control standards to strengthen industry projections. FINRA approved a series of new rule changes focused on high-frequency trading and algorithmic trading. BABA IPO goes fairly smoothly. Chicago Stock Exchange turns to tech to save itself. Robin Hood app. Yet another attempt at zero commission stock trading. Just what the hell is "Best Ex"? Tabb Group jumps into best ex fray with clarity.

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Question from Astro429: what do you think is the biggest obstacle to microwave adoption in the U.S. financial community?

Question from Silas J.- this question is for the trading tech talk radio program. Hi Mark, Henry et al - great show. I'm hearing a lot of talk about enhanced data feeds coming from vendors and exchanges. You touched on this way back in episode 3. I would like to know if the landscape has changed and if you’re seeing more players enter this space? Is this the future? Am I going to be able to run sophisticated algos on my phone soon because all the computational work is being done in the cloud and pushed to me? Personally I think that would be pretty cool. Also can you guys do a show on getting started as a quant or developer in the fintech space? Thanks.

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November 12, 2014

Trading Tech Talk 17: What Exactly is Best Ex?

Listen Later

57 minutes

Trading Tech Talk 17: What Exactly is Best Ex?

Hot Topics in Tech: OCC and the U.S. Options Exchanges announce new risk control standards to strengthen industry projections. FINRA approved a series of new rule changes focused on high-frequency trading and algorithmic trading. BABA IPO goes fairly smoothly. Chicago Stock Exchange turns to tech to save itself. Robin Hood app. Yet another attempt at zero commission stock trading. Just what the hell is "Best Ex"? Tabb Group jumps into best ex fray with clarity.

The Inbox: Listener questions and comments.

Question from Astro429: what do you think is the biggest obstacle to microwave adoption in the U.S. financial community?

Question from Silas J.- this question is for the trading tech talk radio program. Hi Mark, Henry et al - great show. I'm hearing a lot of talk about enhanced data feeds coming from vendors and exchanges. You touched on this way back in episode 3. I would like to know if the landscape has changed and if you’re seeing more players enter this space? Is this the future? Am I going to be able to run sophisticated algos on my phone soon because all the computational work is being done in the cloud and pushed to me? Personally I think that would be pretty cool. Also can you guys do a show on getting started as a quant or developer in the fintech space? Thanks.

...more