Pros and Cons of High Frequency Trading

Norway’s $860 billion sovereign wealth fund — the world’s largest — has decided to abandon algorithm-based High Frequency Trading (HFT). The electronic “trail” left by such trading allows traders elsewhere to profit on the HFT orders placed by the fund. But the decision comes at a very tumultuous time for HFT trading: Although the majority […]Read More

Why Self-Directed IRAs May Be Your Key to a Comfortable

With the average person working well over 40 to 50 years in their life, they set aside a small amount of funds for their retirement. To ensure a better retirement, many individuals place their savings into retirement funds, allowing them to gain profit on the savings they make and thus enjoy a better retirement. A […]Read More

Coindesk – A Platform for Bitcoins and Crypto Currencies

Introduction to Crypto-currency From shopping to entertainment, the internet has brought about a revolution in many industries. Now, it is setting its sight on taking the payment system digital. This has given rise to Bitcoins and other crypto currencies. Crypto currency, as the name suggests, uses cryptographic techniques and methods to secure transactions. A mutually […]Read More

Anyone can trade and profit from binary

The Full Binary Options Trading Guide</a> <p>Anyone can trade and profit from binary options trading, regardless of experience or prior knowledge. However, as a trader you will be even more successful if you arm yourself with the right knowledge and tools – that’s why anyoption created the “Zero to Hero” binary options trading guide. The […]Read More

Could FINRA Finally Help Finance Companies Market On Social Media?

Businesses that offer financial services to its customers have long been trying to dominate the social media channel. With a gargantuan-sized audience, finance companies are trying to connect with their customers more than ever and on a more personal level. However, without the help and/or approval of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), they will […]Read More

Top Innovative Investment and Trade Platforms: Pros and Cons

When you talk about investment and trade platforms, it is important to do a comparison in terms of each vendor’s advantages and disadvantages. A good trading platform serves as a pinnacle for maintaining and balancing your trading portfolio, not to mention it also aids you in keeping your funds reinvested, offering services at reduced prices. […]Read More

The Rise of Bitcoin

It was all thanks to the advent of Bitcoin people realized that there could be such a thing as computerized or digital currency. Now, the same digital currency which did indeed cause quite a frenzy when it first debuted in the world of trade just a couple of years ago is trying to evolve into […]Read More

The Future of Trading: Part 2

The transformation which has been brought on by a surge of technological innovation has not affected trading trends and the capital markets need to be approached with holistic strategies which would have a long-term effect on the future productivity and flexibility in the financial industry. There have only been two dominating elements which have significantly […]Read More

How Wealthfront became the Fastest-Growing $1 Billion Investment Service

Wealthfront is an automated investment company founded by Andy Rachleff and Dan Caroll in 2011. And in two and a half years, the firm has managed to accumulate over $1 billion in assets under their direct supervision. Wealthfront is working with some big players in the industry, like Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures and […]Read More

Trends in FX Trading 2014: Part 1

GreySpark Partners have recently posted a report pertaining to the various explorative elements of the ripe but new A2A market, which stands for (all-to-all) in direct correspondence to Forex trading in 2014. The report stresses on how, with the massive increase in trading frequency, many buyside companies have now placed themselves on the side of […]Read More

The Risks of High-Frequency Trading (HFT)

At the beginning of last year, the Members of Congress in the US, Edward J. Markey, stated algorithm trading or high frequency trading clearly corresponds to a high level of risk to the safety and permanence of the capital market in the US and the fact it should be truncated as soon as possible. And […]Read More

The Future of Trading – Part 1

With so many technological advancements, predicting the future of trading can’t really be that difficult. Computers can break down currency transactions to search for good stock prices just as any normal trader would. However, the only major difference between human traders and machines is that machines don’t employ the use of chat rooms, which, if […]Read More

The Genesis of Algorithm Trading

  “Algorithmic trading frees you from the drudgery, but do you have good ideas? There aren’t that many masterpieces out there.”  EquaMetrics’ Christopher Ivey Several traders and investors in the global money markets have been for quite some time transforming their entry, exit and financial management and investment strategies into automated computerized trading which in […]Read More

Technical Analysis: Why Bitcoin price is falling?

According to Bitcoin technical analysis, it has been identified that the uptrend is likely going to be reversed from current market levels. An enthusiastic market breakout has drizzled which has ended up losing the vital momentum. If the resulting downwards trends is just a correction, there may be a powerful turnaround in the market in […]Read More

Why Twitter And Social Media Are Part Of The Future

  There is no doubt about the fact that we have now transcended into an era of mass digitization, technology and convenience. There have been some vast improvements in technology if you compare it with the earlier years. These changes, however, have also affected the financial market and communities. There have been numerous successful advances […]Read More

High-Frequency Trading (HFT): How does it work?

High-frequency trading (HFT), as the name suggests, refers to the quick transacting and processing of a large number of orders. It is a trading platform traders can use to place and execute orders. In HFT, traders make use of complex algorithms to analyze the financial market they are trading in and then execute the trades […]Read More

Algorithm Trading: How powerful is it?

Wall Street, along with the financial centres in London and Hong Kong, have become algorithm trading hubs where thousands of traders employ sophisticated algorithm programs to gauge the market trends and rely on the analytical superiority of these high powered super computer programs. Algorithm trading is carried out by mathematical robots and big data crawlers […]Read More

Top 5 Trading Rules For 2014

Thanks to social media platforms and trading technologies, more people are now interested in becoming avid traders. However, most of them find the information provided online pertaining to how to become a good trader and how to cut your losses too confusing. New traders look for ways they can learn trading quickly, set up their […]Read More