Traders Poll

Which form of social media do you check or use during the trading day?

Twitter

8%

Facebook

4%

LinkedIn

54%

None. Compliance prohibits or restricts the use of social media on the desk

33%

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New Canadian ‘Trade-At’ Rule Gets Mixed Reviews

Canadian regulators have passed new rules governing dark pools in Canada, eliciting mixed responses from market participants, with no discernible consensus from either the buyside or sellside, or from the dark pools themselves.

Delta One Announces New Data for ETF Platform

Delta One Data, a provider of exchange-traded fund data and indexes, is launching two new data base modules for its EFT aggregation platform to help buyside traders see more data quickly.

Deutsche Boerse Unveils Machine-Readable News Trading App

Deutsche Boerse on Monday launched a new trading application that helps traders access and utilize machine-readable news.

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Risk Checks Hit Nano Redline

Redline Trading Solutions, a provider of high-speed trading products for high-frequency traders, is offering brokers pre-trade risk check software that performs in less than one microsecond.

Trading Runs at RiverFront

The James River runs right past Rob Glownia's office, reminding the head trader for RiverFront Investment Group every morning that, like the river, trading is dynamic, whether the job is managing investors' daily cash flows or longer-term trading strategies.

Cover Story: Keeping Watch

Using sophisticated monitoring and analysis techniques, bulge bracket brokers are starting to build profiles of the traders in their dark pools. They know who's naughty and who's nice, and they are using their newfound information to shore up the integrity of their trading systems.

Narrowing Spreads for Illiquids

For some illiquid exchange-traded funds, the price isn't always right. Spreads can be unreasonably wide, luring the less informed to take the bait and accept a price that is far from reasonable. Fortunately, those spreads are slowly narrowing due to competition.

Electronic Trading Pushes Foward

Electronic trading is on the rise outside the United States and the Eurozone. Several countries, such as Japan and Brazil, are seeing their markets move into the electronic trading realm as investors seek higher investment returns abroad.

On The Move

Here are some recent hires and promotions in the equities trading world as Wall Street pros make that move, right now.

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