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Wedbush buys Lime Brokerage as new access rules loom,
One of the biggest critics of naked sponsored access was a then-little known high-frequency trading brokerage called Lime Brokerage, which proceeded to steadily build a name for itself as market
New Fixnetix chip allows microsecond trading
We suggested recently that the SEC's ban on "naked" sponsored access, while frustrating for some high-frequency trading firms, was inevitable. Some complained, others were busy exploiting the ban as
Sponsored access an opportunity for some broker-dealers
The SEC ( SEC news) is taking a look at many aspects of the current market structure. It has already taken some action regarding sponsored access. In January, for example, the agency proposed some
Flash Crash-inspired rules coming, but what specifically?
For all of the media attention lavished on the May 6 Flash Crash, the world remains in the dark about what actually happened. But the attention of regulators and Wall Street participants has been
Lime Brokerage offers new sponsored access product
Lime Brokerage emerged recently as one of the most forceful critics of so-called naked access ( naked access news), which lets some brokers offer big clients direct access with few pre-trade risk and
The end of naked sponsored access
The conventional wisdom as of late has been that the SEC would crack down on so-called naked access or naked sponsored access. The whole idea seemed to fly in the face of reform and market structure
Solutions to sponsored access problem?
We've noted that the combination of high frequency trading and sponsored access--in particular, naked access--could prove to be a volatile mix. If rogue trades or mistaken trades enter the system en
The new market makers
Here's one way to look at high-frequency trading: The new market makers.
Joseph Mecane, Executive Vice President at NYSE Euronext, puts it this way to Advanced Trading : "Once spreads shrank to a penny and technology was being deployed, the former market maker model wasn't really profi
Scary mix: Hi-fi trading and sponsored access?
We've suggested before that sponsored access is a huge issue that seems to have been shunted off to the periphery of the high-frequency trading discussion. Lime Brokerage put the issue on the map a
Flash orders heat up hi-fi controversy; webinar coming
When it comes to flash orders, Direct Edge is not going quietly into the dark night. It has broken ranks with Nasdaq OMX and BATS, which have both promised to stop offering flash trades, which they both started in June. Some expected Direct Edge to bow to the regulatory fervor and powerful cri
