Lawmakers took up the often confusing topic of dark pools in a hearing Friday, and many appeared to come out of the hearing with no more understanding than what they had coming in.
“I’m still trying to get my head wrapped around fractions of nanoseconds,” said Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI), working to understand the increasing speed at which algorithmic trading systems execute orders. Nanosecond trading is typically associated with high frequency trading where...
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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