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HFTs face options trading challenges

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While the country’s stock exchanges may have become extremely quick, high-volume markets as a result of high-frequency trading, the U.S. options exchanges have seen minimal change. In options trading, hft traders remain, at best ancillary players, five years into the penny tick/maker-taker revolution. Just 20% of the industry’s equity volume is controlled by the four […]

Algorithmic high-frequency trading 4 key risks

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Amplification of systemic risk: the most dangerous risk, a look back in time    The risk algorithmic HFT poses to the financial system is one of the biggest. According to some distant reports by the Technical Committee of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), due to the close connections between financial markets, including those […]

AMC’s meme stock antics let ‘home run’ arbitrage through

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Posterchild for memes, the cash-raising plan of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. has put it in the sights of arbitrage traders who perceive a great chance to profit from a reorganization of its share structure. Next month, investors are anticipated to approve the movie theater operator’s conversion of preferred shares (ticker: APE) into AMC common stock. […]

New alternatives to software for high-frequency trading

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High-frequency trading (HFT) appeared to be poised to dominate the market for a while entirely. Approximately “half of U.S. stock market trading activity on an annual basis since the global financial crisis (GFC) a decade ago,” according to the global investment firm Franklin Templeton in 2019, was accounted for by HFT. After reaching its peak […]

The importance of reliability of a trading platform for crypto trading

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To be a successful crypto trader and have a secure and thriving profession is the shared dream of every crypto enthusiast that participates in the world of cryptocurrencies. If you intend to choose this path, selecting a trustworthy crypto trading platform that suits your needs and ambitions, and will help your career is the first […]

How do automated market makers operate in cryptocurrency?

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Cryptocurrency has unquestionably been one of the most powerful recent technological innovations due to its focus on decentralization. Now that financial transactions may be carried out directly between two parties without the use of a middleman, it is possible to swap assets without any trust. The success of important bitcoin exchanges like Coinbase is encouraging. […]

Indian fintech sector anticipates incentives as it pushes the unbanked population toward a digital transition

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Recently, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) allowed non-residents of ten nations, including the US, Canada, and UAE, to digitally transfer funds from NRE/NRO accounts via the UPI platform.  There is little doubt that financial technologies worldwide and in India in particular, is the engine powering the Indian economy, and the Budget 2023–24 must […]

Game of spreads: using game theory to create better trading algos

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Why are traders playing poker so much? Aside from the adrenaline rushes, trading, a multi-party activity plagued with the risks of incomplete information, is remarkably similar to this seemingly straightforward game. Once upon a time, gaining an informational advantage to behave in a better-informed manner was regarded to be the key to competing. To this […]

Trading firms must balance control and agility in the age of technology

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‘Buy or construct’ was originally a binary decision, but technical advancements and the increasingly complex requirements of big trading firms have yet to render an option enough. Instead, the discussion has taken on the shape of a spectrum, with the aim of finding the ideal balance between preserving technological control (build) and enhancing agility (buy). […]

The top 6 blockchain games to earn rewards

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Many people are looking for the best blockchain games as the use of cryptocurrencies in games has expanded significantly over the past few years. We’ll be discussing our top recommendations for the greatest blockchain games and going into the specifics of each project throughout this guide. Let’s get going!    Our picks for the best […]