Electronic and Algorithmic Trading Technology: The Complete Guide

✍ Scribed by Kendall Kim

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 224
• Series: Complete Technology Guides for Financial Services
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book does not contain any useful information.
It contains a lot of bar charts and brochure-like market descriptions that fill a lot of lines but tell absolutely nothing!

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover......Page 1
Electronic and Algorithmic Trading Technology......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Dedication Page......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
About the Author......Page 14
Series Preface......Page 16
Introduction......Page 20
1.1 Overview......Page 22
1.2 The Emergence of Electronic Trading Networks......Page 23
1.3 The Participants......Page 25
1.4 The Impact of Decimalization......Page 27
1.5 The Different Faces of Electronic Trading......Page 29
1.6 Program Trading and the Stock Market Crash of 1987......Page 31
1.7 Conclusion......Page 34
2.1 Introduction......Page 36
2.2 Internal Controls......Page 37
2.3 Trade Cycle......Page 38
2.4 Straight-Through Processing and Trade Automation......Page 40
2.5 Data Management......Page 41
2.6 Order Management Systems......Page 43
2.7 Order Routing......Page 46
2.8 Liquidity Shift......Page 47
2.9 Conclusion......Page 49
3.1 Introduction......Page 50
3.2 A Sample Program Trade......Page 52
3.3 The Downside of Program Trading......Page 54
3.4 Market Growth and IT Spending......Page 57
3.5 Conclusion......Page 59
4.1 Introduction......Page 60
4.2 Structure of Exchanges......Page 61
4.3 Rule 390......Page 64
4.5 Arguments Against Exchanges......Page 65
4.6 The Exchanges in the News......Page 67
4.7 Conclusion......Page 70
5.1 Introduction......Page 72
5.2 Algorithmic Penetration......Page 73
5.3 Implementation Shortfall Measurement......Page 75
5.4 Volume-Weighted Average Price......Page 77
5.5 VWAP Definitions......Page 79
5.6 Time-Weighted Average Price......Page 81
5.7 Conclusion......Page 83
6.1 Introduction......Page 84
6.3 Algorithmic Feasibility......Page 85
6.4 Algorithmic Trading Checklist......Page 87
6.5 High Opportunity Costs......Page 88
6.6 Newsflow Algorithms......Page 89
6.7 Black Box Trading for Fixed-Income Instruments......Page 90
6.8 Conclusion......Page 91
7.2 Direct Market Access......Page 92
7.3 Electronic Communication Networks......Page 96
7.4 Shifting Trends......Page 100
7.5 Conclusion......Page 101
8.1 Introduction......Page 104
8.2 Real-Time Data......Page 105
8.3 Strategy Enablers......Page 106
8.4 Order Routing......Page 108
8.5 Impact on Operations and Technology......Page 109
8.6 Conclusion......Page 110
9.1 Introduction......Page 112
9.2 Components of Trading Costs......Page 113
9.3 Price Impacts with Liquidity......Page 114
9.4 Cost of Waiting......Page 118
9.5 Explicit Costs-Commissions, Fees, and Taxes......Page 119
9.6 Conclusion......Page 121
10.1 Introduction......Page 124
10.2 Post-Trade TCR......Page 126
10.3 Pre-Trade TCR......Page 127
10.4 The Future of Transaction Cost Research......Page 129
10.5 Conclusion......Page 130
11.1 Introduction......Page 132
11.2 Development of Electronic Trading......Page 134
11.3 Electronic Trading Platforms......Page 137
11.4 Types of Systems......Page 140
11.5 TRACE-Reform in Transparency......Page 141
11.6 Foreign Exchange Markets......Page 143
11.7 Conclusion......Page 144
12.1 Introduction......Page 146
12.2 Regulatory Challenges......Page 147
12.3 The National Market System......Page 148
12.4 The Impact of Regulatory NMS......Page 152
12.5 Markets in Financial Instruments Directive in Europe......Page 154
12.6 Regulatory and Exchange Reporting......Page 156
12.7 Example of an Exchange Data Processing System......Page 159
12.8 Conclusion......Page 160
13.1 Introduction......Page 162
13.2 Vendor as a Service Provider......Page 164
13.3 Striving to Stand Out......Page 168
13.5 Hedge Fund Systems-Outsource or In-House?......Page 170
13.6 Conclusion......Page 173
14.1 Introduction......Page 174
14.2 Prime Broker Services......Page 175
14.3 The Structure of Hedge Funds......Page 178
14.4 The Impact of Increased Trading Automation......Page 179
14.5 Different Markets and Asset Classes......Page 180
14.6 The Prime Brokerage Market......Page 181
14.7 Conclusion......Page 182
15.1 Introduction......Page 184
15.2 Profiling Leading Vendors......Page 187
15.3 Order Management Systems......Page 196
A.1 Overview......Page 202
A.2 Project Phases......Page 203
A.2 User Acceptance Testing......Page 204
A.5 Supporting Financial Products......Page 205
Glossary of Terms......Page 208
Index......Page 220

✦ Subjects

Финансово-экономические дисциплины;Биржевая торговля;