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Over 75% of prop trading firms saw volatility trading strategies out-perform other markets in 2022

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Acuiti’s research – commissioned by MIAX – included responses from senior executives across 94 proprietary trading firms, hedge funds, banks and interdealer brokers, as well as the main futures commission merchants ( FCM ) that serve the derivatives market.

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More than two thirds of traders are looking to diversify through Asia and South America expansion

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Connectivity costs ranked top out of five key considerations when connecting to a new market for proprietary trading firms, while hedge funds and bank execution desks ranked it second after preferred brokers providing access.

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LMAX Group goes live with FX NDF trading in Singapore and London

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Read more: LMAX Group given green light for NDF trading in both Singapore and London The FX NDFs are traded on a central limit order book (CLOB), delivering transparent price discovery and execution to all market participants including banks, non-banks, proprietary trading firms, institutional brokers, asset managers and buy-side institutions. “We (..)

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LMAX Group acquires FX HedgePool

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“Following this acquisition and that of Cürex last year, we now have a compelling proposition for asset managers and other buy-side participants in addition to serving our core bank, broker and proprietary trading firm segments.” LMAX Group and FX HedgePool are focused on providing greater transparency, efficiency and fairness across the FX ecosystem (..)

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The TRADE’s most read stories of the year part three: Regulation, consolidation and resignation

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Previously in his career, he served as president and chief executive of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation for eight years and as vice chairman of TD Bank Financial Group. Today [23 August], many broker-dealers conduct significant cross-exchange or off-exchange activity,” said Gensler in an August statement.

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Fireside Friday with… ION’s Edoardo Pacenti

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They will bolster the security of the US Treasury market by mandating central clearing for eligible securities, such as repos and reverse repos, inter dealer broker transactions and other cash transactions. In doing so, these rules are intended to reduce counterparty risk, limit contagion and increase transparency in the market.

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Volatility trading picking up traction as the market pegs it as a future core strategy

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Speaking to The TRADE about this correlation between less predictable markets and a move towards volatility trading, Arik Reiss, former co-head of global equity derivatives research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, stressed the fact that “volatility trading is more reliable in more variable conditions.”

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