algos
Conditions in FX markets are deteriorating steadily according to market sources as liquidity providers (LP) ration precious resources and battle widespread shut downs of offices. Spreads, which have been gradually widening over the past few days, have continued to do so Monday with dealers reporting top of book spreads on FX platforms anywhere from between […]
It’s a boisterous end of term party for our podcasters as Colin Lambert and Galen Stops interrupt their festivities to grade each other’s predictions for the industry made at the start of the year. Stops is in triumphant mood as he picks apart a couple of less-than-successful predictions from Lambert, however the latter is ready […]
This week’s podcast starts with a bombshell that leaves Galen Stops reeling and lost for words before he and Colin Lambert get into the details with a look at the results of the first day of the Global FX Committee’s deliberations this week. Lambert highlights one of two challenges he believes the committee face, not […]
With more data available to FX market participants than ever before, the real value is in being able to interpret this data, says Maria Prata, managing director, global FX, at Deutsche Bank in a new video interview with Profit & Loss. Acknowledging that “data” has become something of a buzzword in the FX industry […]
The agenda established by the Global Foreign Exchange Committee for the focus of the impending three-year review of the FX Global Code was not expected to surprise – and it didn’t. As I argued in Monday’s column the key factors in need of discussion and review largely surround execution – although I have to acknowledge […]
This week sees the Global FX Committee meet in Sydney for a meeting that is largely going to focus on the subject matter for the first three-year review of the FX Global Code. I will be very surprised if the key themes for the review are not buy side engagement, disclosures, anonymous trading and certain […]
There is a long run list for this week’s In the FICC of It podcast, which kicks off with some welcome listener input into last week’s questions of algos intentionally losing money to throw the “order sniffers” off the scent and the challenges facing Singapore’s efforts to build an FX liquidity hub. Colin Lambert and […]
Nomura has made its five FX algorithmic strategies available on the BidFX platform. Clients can now access Nomura’s FX Algo Tsuwamono Series on BidFX. Each strategy offers flexibility on executions designed to meet client requirements and trading preferences. “Nomura’s FX algorithms provide substantial benefits to clients, with high levels of trading flexibility. We’re pleased that […]
Profit & Loss editor, Galen Stops, is in London right now and explains that Brexit seems to be the main topic dominating a lot of conversations. And unfortunately for those who might be sick of the subject, he explains that even if the UK leaves with or without a deal in the near-future, this is […]
A new report from Greenwich Associates claims that the adoption of algos by FX market participants has increased by 25% year-on-year. “As FX market participants adopt sophisticated pre- and post-trade analytics enhanced by artificial intelligence and machine learning, the potential benefits of algo trading are becoming clear, and hedge funds and real money accounts are […]
