How do you think your broker of choice will handle Reg NMS? The increase in quote and order traffic, according to recent articles in Wall Street...
seriously, you're missing the point. He's a computer scientist, asking if he can place a server on site to pick up latencies. If this is the...
Exactly, if speed down to milliseconds is a concern, what good is the latency without and depth of book? They go hand in hand. The point a few...
have you considered the ultra low latency of the hog pits in Chicago? High speed trading and floor based pits that are a mere shell of the...
if you are referring to my post, effectively you must buy or sell calls and buy or sell puts in some combination to combat constantly changing...
Option Volatility and Pricing Models, by Sheldon Natenberg. That will definitely help you get your head around options. Very helpful on the...
How big is the basket? If it isn't that big, you could just go with sequential entry in a low latency brokerage. I'd key on that. If it is a...
here's some news as well: retail traders do and can co-locate boxes at brokers. It's not an expensive proposition. I'm just pointing out who...
that's a bit goofy, because there are plenty of traders with a co-located box at brokerages clipping speeds of, let's say for argument's sake,...
you guys are aware there are brokers out there that speciaize in low latency pipes, and that 100 milliseconds is basically a nightmare for their...
I think you also have to take into consideration the speed at which you ar reaching the ECN's, and the validation of that order vs. a short list,...
It really depends on what markets you want to trade as well. TT s going to be focussed more on futures, whereas somewhere like Lime, mentioned in...
Nitro, you beat me to it, FIX can be fast, but there are better ways of getting data. A great API should be able to control, in a way, the flows...
I would imagine there are a few competitors out there that compare on the technology and the cost front with Genesis. Redsky is mentioned here...
API is in effect an interface; nothing more if you're not a programmer. For some busineses, though, the API is the entire programmed out version...
there is a rather large trader on there who remains rather silent and non assuming. He has the same name as a famous boxer. there are also...
it's got to be a combination of latency and data feeds. Optimally, you would want to have data feeds direct from the exchanges - processed by an...
I pay commissions to a broker, and I complement them when it DOES NOT blow up. Wow. Thems' some lowwwwww standards. This is a scary thread....
I'd imagine it would vary by broker, but any disconnect by the client side isn't going to cancel orders automatically. It's really going to boil...
co-location is primarily for latency issues. The closer, the faster, in essence. Co-location of a server is going to allow you to reduce round...
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