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MathWorks Extends Matlab Capability through Integration with Numerix
MathWorks and Numerix have integrated the Numerix Cross-Asset Integration Layer with MathWorks’ Matlab numerical computation environment to allow Matlab users to access Numerix calculations in the creation of applications for pre-trade pricing, modelling and analysis of complex financial instruments. The integration was completed last year and incorporates Numerix CrossAsset Integration Layer templates in the Matlab…
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: No Sleep Till Bedtime!
Earlier this week, I blogged on our Reference Data Review channel complaining about the lack of easement into 2014. And so has the rush of last week extended into this as we corral the marketplace for the latest ideas and opinions for our upcoming conferences, which kick off in London on March 4 with our…
IXcellerate Adds TMX Atrium Connectivity to Moscow One Data Centre
IXcellerate has added TMX Atrium connectivity to its Moscow One data centre, bringing the total number of carriers connected to the centre to 10. TMX Atrium offers ultra-low latency connectivity services and in this case provides some of the lowest latency connectivity between Moscow and European financial centres including London, Frankfurt and Stockholm. A round…
What Exchanges Must Do to Remain the Stable Trading Venues of the Future
The financial industry has long relied on exchanges to provide a stable infrastructure for financial markets. As self regulatory organizations (SROs), exchanges have been guided by regulations intended to protect their members and serve as the foundation of trading infrastructure. Not a small task. Yet, despite the great responsibility, over the years, exchanges have evolved…
Talking Intelligent Trading Technology with Andrew Delaney: Getting Smart About Trading
Welcome to 2014, and the launch in earnest of IntelligentTradingTechnology.com. As of today, I’ll be your host and editor as we explore how the convergence of high-performance technologies for low-latency trading and the emerging hunger for Big Data-type solutions converge to create the kinds of analytics heretofore unavailable to the pre-trade and at-trade environments. I…
Q&A: Exablaze’s Matthew Chapman on Network Switch Latency and Management
In a world where major network vendors like Cisco Systems and Arista Networks are competing on increasingly complex functionality, there is still room for niche products that fulfill straightforward local connectivity needs, including manageability with negligible latency. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com spoke to Exablaze’s CTO Matthew Chapman about this need, and how his company is addressing it. Q:…
Q&A: Solarflare’s Bruce Tolley on Packet Capture and Performance Management
Packet capture – grabbing every data packet on a network for analysis – is becoming increasingly important, not just for specialist latency measurement but for higher level monitoring and management of trading and compliance functions. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com spoke to Solarflare’s Bruce Tolley how and why it is being integrated into the company’s network interface cards. Q: Solarflare has…
OptionsCity Details the Potential of Freeway Analytics
OptionsCity Software is offering multi-asset derivatives traders a consolidated solution for algorithmic strategy building, testing and execution through the integration of its recently released Freeway Analytics with its existing Freeway automated trading technology. The analytics solution initially uses historical futures market data from Vertex Analytics and allows traders to focus on developing trading strategies rather…
ICE Outlines Plans for Global Markets and NYSE Technology Assets
Following on from last week’s completion of the acquisition of NYSE Euronext, IntercontinentalExchange has detailed plans to integrate the Liffe derivatives business, spin out the European Euronext cash markets, and split the commercial NYSE Technologies arm, retaining some elements and selling off others. Highlights of plans – along with the acquisition of the Singapore Mercantile Exchange…
Onix Solutions and VDIware Plan to Extend Nanotick Historical Market Data Service to Venues beyond the CME
The Nanotick high-precision historical market data service developed by Onix Solutions (OnixS) and VDIware is to be extended beyond its initial scope as a service for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) with coverage of additional venues across Europe and North and South America due to come on stream next year. The joint initiative was set…