Posts Tagged ‘High Frequency Trading’

  • TV Guests Always Talk Their Book
    Posted by on May 6th, 2013 at 8:54 am, Comments: 0

    Watching the festival of capitalism over the past few days on CNBC has been interesting.  It’s interesting because I truly think that Charlie Munger and [...]

  • Some Knowledge Bombs From Charlie Munger
    Posted by on May 4th, 2013 at 9:31 am, Comments: 0

    It’s the festival of capitalism in Omaha, Nebraska.  Charlie Munger sits for an interview.  It’s remarkable how many parallels there are between the type of [...]

  • HFT and Exploiting a Loophole
    Posted by on May 1st, 2013 at 8:33 am, Comments: 0

    The WSJ had an article on how HFT traders exploit a loop hole at the $CME.  Some shrug it off as if it’s no big [...]

  • A Transaction Tax is Not The Solution To HFT
    Posted by on March 25th, 2013 at 9:06 am, Comments: 0

    In Europe, they are enacting a transaction tax on trading to “curb effects of HFT”.  That’s merely an excuse.  There are people out there that [...]

  • The Liquidity Problem With HFT In Equity Markets
    Posted by on March 14th, 2013 at 7:22 am, Comments: 0

    There has been a little more study on high frequency (HFT)  trading in the marketplace.  Nanex continually tweets out data.  Joe Saluzzi and Sal Arnuk [...]

  • The EU Transaction Tax-Capitalism Killer
    Posted by on February 24th, 2013 at 10:16 am, Comments: 0

    The EU is going full bore and will tax financial transactions in Europe.  This is not a novel idea.  As a member of ($CME) CME [...]

  • Tax Code Carve Out-Free Money For Smart Investors
    Posted by on January 31st, 2013 at 8:19 am, Comments: 0

    Did you know that if you invest in startups, you pay no taxes on the gain?  Zero taxes will accentuate a trend I see just [...]

  • HFT: Speed Isn’t the Problem
    Posted by on December 18th, 2012 at 10:08 am, Comments: 0

    There is going to be a hearing on HFT in the Senate.  Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island (D) will preside.  I have met Jack [...]

  • Is High Frequency Trading Good? Or Bad?
    Posted by on June 27th, 2012 at 8:42 am, Comments: 0

    A lot of people think that I hate computerized trading. That’s not actually true. I was one of the first people on the floors of [...]

  • Speedy Trading Screws Up The Market
    Posted by on February 11th, 2012 at 8:40 am, Comments: 0

    To long time market watchers, the story I linked to in Breakfast Links and am writing about now is no surprise. High Frequency Trading screws [...]

  • High Speed Trading And Market Declines
    Posted by on August 9th, 2011 at 12:50 pm, Comments: 0

    This market dropped so fast, so quick and breaks in certain stocks were simply vicious. This is the third time we have seen a steep [...]

  • Uptick Rule
    Posted by on July 26th, 2011 at 8:57 am, Comments: 0

    One of the things that drives me crazy is the improper regulation that governments impose on marketplaces to fix things. A classic example of the [...]

  • Trading at The Speed of Light
    Posted by on November 12th, 2010 at 6:22 pm, Comments: 0

    Everyone knows that the speed of trading has accelerated in the past several years.  If you are going to be in the high frequency trading [...]

  • 60 Minutes and High Frequency Trading (HFT)
    Posted by on October 10th, 2010 at 8:57 pm, Comments: 0

    60 Minutes took a look at high frequency trading(HFT). At the very beginning, I sensed a little bias. Does it matter if you trade a [...]