There is a cloud hanging over the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee that does not involve Bitcoin. That cloud has darkened recently. The cloud is the civil case against Jitesh Thakkar, a one-time contributor to the TAC’s high frequency...
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John Lothian Newsletter: Deutsche Börse lines up swoop for LSE; High-speed firms plan second 1,000-foot tower in Kent; A radical world for FCMs
First Read So I Found You Again On Facebook: LSE and Deutsche Börse Dating Again Jim Kharouf and Doug Ashburn, JLN Well, here we go again. The on again, off again affair between the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse is, well on again. The two exchanges are...
John Lothian Newsletter: Chi-X Global sells Asian units to JC Flowers; Michael Bloomberg exploring US presidential bid; Talk of Fed ‘policy error’ grows
First Read NextGen Market Training By Doug Ashburn and Jim Kharouf - JLN The long-standing tradition of bringing young students into the industry to learn all of the ins and outs of the business continued last Friday at Trading Technologies. TT hosted Campus Connect...
Guest Commentary: Regulating Automated Trading, Not Just Chilton’s Cheetahs
Guest commentary by Zachary Ziliak. Zachary Ziliak runs Ziliak Law, LLC, a law firm that focuses on the needs of trading companies and the vendors that service them. Prior to law school, Ziliak worked in the financial sector as a trader and quantitative analyst. He...
TAC 2.0
Yesterday was my first meeting in Washington, DC as a member of the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee, or TAC 2.0 as it is called. The meeting featured reports from working committees on aspects of high frequency trading, or HFT, as well as presentations about...
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How Many Americans Will Ayn Rand Kill? Liberty doesn’t mean freedom to infect other people; EU explores tougher curbs on City hedge fund managers
First Read $9,041/$300,000 (3%) How we think and what we think about Peak6 is about to change By John J. Lothian Peak6 was founded as a proprietary trading firm in Chicago by Matthew N. Hulsizer and Jennifer Just. We might think of Peak6 as the firm with the...
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If Trump’s Election Prospects Were an Option, It Would Be Out-of-the-Money; Bitcoin’s market run-up sends options to all-time high for open interest
If Trump’s Election Prospects Were an Option, It Would Be Out-of-the-Money; Bitcoin’s market run-up sends options to all-time high for open interest
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