Jim Downs

Jim Downs: Connamara – and the Markets – a Year Later

by Sarah Rudolph | Mar 17, 2020

Connamara’s CEO Jim Downs discusses what’s new at the company since we spoke with him at FIA Expo last year. It turns out it’s a lot.

Jim Downs – Open Outcry Traders History Project

by John Lothian | Dec 9, 2019

Jim Downs learned about the CBOE from a personal finance class while an engineering student. He loved modeling the markets and found his way to the CBOE. After reading the Black-Scholes paper, he reverse engineered it in the Basic coding language on an Apple IIE.

Exchanges Powered By the Cloud: Connamara Systems’ Jim Downs at FIA Expo 2019

by Sarah Rudolph | Nov 21, 2019

Jim Downs, founder and CEO of Connamara Systems, talked with JLN at FIA Expo 2019 about how the cloud can help minimize the impact of technology on the ability for entrepreneurs to start new exchanges.

Finding the Perfect Matching Engine – Jim Downs, Connamara Systems

by Spencer Doar | Apr 18, 2019

Jim Downs spent nearly 20 years as a market maker on the CBOE floor. His background in electrical engineering helped him build software for his trading activities. That knowledge of trading systems he used as the foundation of his software...

John Lothian Newsletter: CME tests support for aluminum contract to rival LME; UBS traders offered deal by U.S. in interest rate probe; SEC to hold post-Knight forum

by Sarah Rudolph | Aug 9, 2012

CME Group considers building an aluminum contract to compete with a decades-old industry leading product at the LME. US investigators into the LIBOR mess are said to be offering UBS traders immunity and protection deals in exchange for assistance in bringing down...

John Lothian Newsletter: China moves to algorithmic trading; Tech-caused trading halts on Tokyo and Spanish exchanges; Warsaw Exchange targets derivatives growth

by Sarah Rudolph | Aug 7, 2012

A Chinese brokerage company has decided to begin using an automated trading platform supplied by US companies, demonstrating the increasing interest in fast, automated trading systems in China. Speaking of electronic trading, exchanges in Tokyo and Spain were both...

CFTC Rule 1.73: Jim Downs of Connamara Systems Talks About New Options Rule

by JLN Staff | Aug 6, 2012

A little known CFTC rule (Rule 1.73), part of the Dodd-Frank Act, is gaining attention of futures brokers. Jim Downs, founder and CEO of Connamara Systems, explains the basics of Rule 1.73, which will force FCMs and swaps participants to create new market-based limits...