electronic-trading

Despite significant glitches hitting European markets and a few minor headaches in the U.S., participants gave high marks to the complex electronic-trading network that suffered a meltdown in May 2010.

'Flash Crash' Fail-Safes Bent but Didn't Break in Selloff Jacob Bunge 2011

Investment Technology Group , another firm focused on electronic-trading products and services, discussed Thursday its own already-announced plan to trim staff after reporting a loss of $196 million, or $4.77 a share, for the second quarter.

Knight Joins Job-Cut Wave Brendan Conway 2011

The dollar tumbled against the yen at 5 p.m. in New York on March 16, right as several major banks had shut down their electronic-trading programs as part of a routine handoff to colleagues in Asia, when a barrage of buy orders for the currency stormed the market.

Mini 'Crashes' Hit Commodity Trade Carolyn Cui 2011

The big moves captured attention because of its resemblance to the May 2010 "flash crash," when heavy selling of U.S. stock-index futures snowballed into a market-wide upheaval that jammed exchange systems and prompted some major electronic-trading houses to abruptly stop doing business—moves seen as contributing to a sudden 9% decline in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

High-Speed Traders Off Hook in Germany Jacob Bunge 2011

Heavier fees would arrive as private electronic-trading groups, sensitive to even the smallest pricing shifts, already confront slimmer profits amid a slowdown in overall stock-trading volume.

Fee Pitched for Fast Firms Jacob Bunge 2011

U.S. and European exchanges are facing relentless challenges from electronic-trading firms, often backed by banks, that undercut exchanges on prices and are eroding the market share of the industry's traditional giants.

As Deal Likely to Cut Costs, Markets See Few Roadblocks Aaron Lucchetti 2011

Mr. Schuler and some of his electronic-trading peers say Getco makes it easier to trade and deny that they increase volatility.

The Five Players to Watch Aaron Lucchetti 2011

The rise of high-frequency-trading firms, which use statistics and algorithms to drive electronic-trading strategies, is transforming financial markets around the world.

Does High-Speed Trading Hurt the Small Investor? Jacob Bunge 2011

Its electronic-trading platform has captured most of the trading in German stocks and its Eurex exchange has become one of the world's largest derivatives markets.

Upstarts Spurred Talks of Tie-Up Vanessa Fuhrmans 2011

ICAP PLC, which operates the biggest system for enabling currency trades between banks, said Sunday that it is prepping electronic-trading systems for a possible exit by Greece from the euro zone and a return of the drachma, the country's previous currency.

Inner Workings of Market Readied for Euro Breakup Katy Burne 2011