The High Frequency Game Changer
How Automated Trading Strategies Have Revolutionized the Markets
Published on 7. February 2011
208 pages
978-1-118-01966-5 (ISBN)
Description
The financial industry's leading independent research firm'sforward-looking assessment into high frequency trading
Once regarded as a United States-focused trend, today, highfrequency trading is gaining momentum around the world. Yet, whilehigh frequency trading continues to be one of the hottest trends inthe markets, due to the highly proprietary nature of the computertransactions, financial firms and institutions have made verylittle available in terms of information or "how-to" techniques.That's all changed with The High Frequency Game Changer: HowAutomated Trading Strategies Have Revolutionized the Markets.In the book, Zubulake and Lee present an overview of how highfrequency trading is changing the face of the market. Thebook
* Explains how we got here and what it means to traders andinvestors
* Details how to build a high frequency trading firm, includingthe relevant tools, strategies, and trading talent
* Defines key components common to HFT such as algorithms, lowlatency trading infrastructure, collocation etc.
The High Frequency Game Changer takes a highlycontroversial and extremely complicated subject and makes itaccessible to anyone with an interest or stake in financialmarkets.
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Paul Zubulake | Sang Lee
The High Frequency Game Changer
How Automated Trading Strategies Have Revolutionized the Markets
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04/2011
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Persons
PAUL ZUBULAKE is a senior analyst at Aite Group, LLC,specializing in financial, energy and commodities futures, andoptions markets. His expertise includes how the application oftechnology, such as algorithmic trading and FIX protocol, isplaying an ever-increasing role in futures and options trading.
SANG LEE is a cofounder of Aite Group, LLC and currentlyserves as the managing partner. Mr. Lee's expertise lies in thesecurities and investments vertical and has advised many globalfinancial institutions, software/hardware vendors, and professionalservices firms in sell-side and buy-side electronic tradingtechnology and market structure.
Lee and Zubulake have both been quoted extensively in the media,including in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, theWashington Post, Financial Times, Business Week, Reuters, theChicago Tribune, and other publications.
Content
Introduction.
Acknowledgments.
Chapter 1 Birth of High Frequency Trading: Equity Markets GoElectronic.
Defining High Frequency Trading.
Who are the High Frequency Traders?
Impact of High Frequency Trading.
Building a High Frequency Trading Team.
Chapter 2 Market Structure.
Order Handling Rules of 1997.
Growth of Electronic Communication Networks.
Regulation National Market System.
Market Fragmentation versus Competition.
Dark Pools.
Chapter 3 Trading Infrastructure.
Rise of High Performance Technology Vendors.
Key Components of High Performance Infrastructure.
Feed Handlers.
Ticker Plant.
Messaging Middleware.
Storage.
Networking.
Colocation.
Sponsored Access.
Chapter 4 Liquidity.
HFT as Liquidity Providers.
Flash Crash.
Chapter 5 Trading Strategies.
Examples of Algorithms.
Order Types.
Flash Orders.
High Frequency Trading and Predatory Strategies.
Chapter 6 Expansion in High Frequency Trading.
Futures.
Fixed Income.
Foreign Exchange Market.
Equity Options.
Over the Counter Derivtives.
Expansion into Global Markets.
Chapter 7 Positives and Possibilities.
Commoditizing High Frequency Trading.
Trading Technology Demands and Preferences.
Internal Focus.
Choosing Vendors.
Finding the Next Opportunity.
Issues and Risks.
Order Routing Gets Smart.
Smart Order Routing's Future.
Is Artificial Intelligence Next?
Economic Indicators.
News.
Securities and Exchange Commission Filings.
The Pseudo-Semantic Web.
Going Global.
The Next Wave.
Chapter 8 Credit Crisis of 2008: The BlameGame.
U.S. Federal Reserve.
Regulatory Agencies.
Credit Agencies.
Politicians.
End-Users of Derivative Products.
Recent Regulatory History.
Financial Modernization Act of 1999.
Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000.
Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform Act of 2010.
Ending Too Big to Fail Bailouts.
Creating Transparency and Accountability for Derivatives.
Hedge Funds.
Credit Rating Agencies.
Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance.
Impact of Potential Regulations and RuleChanges--Securities and Exchange Commission ConceptRelease.
Chapter 9 Conclusion.
Glossary.
About the Authors.
Index.
