Traders typically have some firm beliefs on back-testing. Some believe it's required, others think it's useful, and there's a group that thinks back-testing is a way to fool yourself. I'll give you ...

AppLabs – As trading has become electronic, trading applications need to be reliable and effective; emphasizing more on the speed of delivery with peaks and troughs in demand. And the answer to these ...

The trading industry is taking an increasingly quantitative approach to testing trading strategies and maintaining regulatory oversight, with several initiatives expected to hit the market in the ...

Futures trading used to be reserved for institutions and professional traders; after all, it's known for being fast-paced, complicated and hard to access. But times are changing, and that's no longer ...

This article is the third in an editorial series that has the goal to provide direction for enterprise thought leaders on ways of leveraging big data technologies in support of analytics proficiencies ...

Algorithmic trading has attracted much attention recently. It is estimated that by 2008, 40% of the trading volume in US equities markets will be contributed by algorithmic trading. Need for Testing ...

CQG, a global provider of high-performance technology solutions for market makers, traders, brokers, commercial hedgers and exchanges, announced completion of internal testing and proof-of-concept ...

This is the third in a series of blog posts on MiFID II (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II). If you missed the earlier posts, see MiFID II: How Did We Get Here and What Does it Mean? and ...

NEW YORK -- The Magazine Retail Advisory Council here was expected by early this week to release a document that will provide some guidelines for the testing of scan-based trading of magazines at ...