Will you hand over your secret high-frequency trading codes to SEC & FINRA?

U.S. securities regulators have taken the unprecedented step of asking high-frequency trading firms to hand over the details of their trading strategies, and in some cases, their secret computer codes.   The requests for proprietary code and algorithm parameters by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a Wall Street brokerage regulator, are part of investigations [...]

GPU (CUDA) supercomputing technologies for real-time financial trading and risk

First it was FPGA technology now its time for (GPU programming / high performance computing HPC) Graphical Processing Unit  supercomputing technologies. GPU supercomputing is perfect for Trading Systems for its ability to speed up many types of financial calculations. GPU (CUDA) supercomputing technologies has  made significant inroads into financial analytics and risk arena what looks like a silent revolution on Wall Street. [...]

Dodd-Frank Act deadline nearing, is your company in compliance?

July 21 deadline for  Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is approaching.  With the Dodd-Frank deadline nearing, it is important that you evaluate whether the systems, processes and people you have in place can support the many requirements of the rule, including greater transparency and disclosure mandated by the reform. And the Impact of Dodd-Frank [...]