Thought Leadership Topics

According to Ralph Edwards, we now see options traders moving from a tactical to a more strategic use of these tools, further blurring the lines between equity and options trading.

While pricing more thinly traded currencies or emerging markets may be challenging, traders can now insist on certain measures in order to better understand the quality of their executions. Sean Hefkey offers some timely suggestions.

As we enter the New Year—with hopes of better volumes and a bounce for our industry—Jamie Selway provides his annual list of market structure predictions and marks the book on 2011’s blotter.

Asian markets are looking increasingly like markets in North America and Europe. Recent years have seen increased use of algos, dark pools, and dark pool aggregation.

Although some may try to derive a market’s efficiency through an examination of spreads, they are only one factor among many. Nick Thadaney observes that spreads have narrowed, but the impact on costs has increased greatly.