algos
In this week’s podcast Colin Lambert and Galen Stops, respectively the managing editor and editor of Profit & Loss, analyse some of the highlights from the final day of the Forex Network Chicago conference. To start off with they discuss some of the key talking points from the credit panel, asking whether the FX industry […]
Mike Harris, President of Campbell & Company, talks about the changing dynamics of trading relationships over the past 20 years and why he’s still bullish on FX as an asset class. Profit & Loss: When you think back to 1999, what was the biggest difference between FX trading then and now? Mike Harris: The biggest […]
So the wait is over for Mark Johnson, his family and friends, and the news is not good, as we reported last week. There is not a lot to say about this from his perspective, thankfully most, if not all, of us have no idea what it is like to be incarcerated, we can only […]
Although there was plenty of news for Profit & Loss’ managing editor, Colin Lambert, and editor, Galen Stops, to get their teeth stuck into this week, the duo focused on just three main stories. First of all, they discuss the news that former HSBC head of cash FX trading, Mark Johnson, has lost his appeal […]
Refinitiv says that the adoption of execution algorithms by buy side traders on its FXall platform increased 41% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2019, following continued investment in the platform’s algo trading capabilities. This year, FXall introduced the ability for users to slice algo tickets into several “child” orders, giving them more flexibility to […]
From a trader using their skills and multiple channels to execute client orders to a silent world of APIs and smart order routers, the execution process has changed almost beyond recognition over the past 20 years – but, as Colin Lambert finds out, not everyone sees algos as the next big thing in FX markets. […]
Bloomberg has released a new analytics hosting service for algorithmic orders on FXGO, with Goldman Sachs being the first liquidity provider to use it. The new algorithmic order service is available on FXGO’s execution manager, a Bloomberg Launchpad function that allows clients to manage their incoming orders and subsequently route them to liquidity providers. The […]
It’s the past, present and future as far as the agenda for this week’s In the FICC of It podcast is concerned as Colin Lambert and Galen Stops take a look at the chaos in the UK surrounding Brexit, digital assets, and the e-revolution that hit FX 20 years ago. Stops is surprised by the […]
Following on from the launch of its ORCA-Direct algo last year, UBS has introduced ORCA-Pro, a new GUI targeted at clients frequently using ORCA-Direct to execute FX. The ORCA-Direct algo tries to maximise the amount of liquidity available to users when executing FX by looking across ECNs, UBS’s principal liquidity and CME’s FX futures. The […]
In this week’s podcast Colin Lambert gets to air some long-held grievances at market structure change when Galen Stops asks him, “any thoughts on the Deutsche Bank job cuts?” Our two podcasters look at the function of risk in the market, as well as the potential impact of what Lambert sees as a steady shift […]
