Friday, September 6, 2013

Automated Trading: "Big Data Speeds Up at the Low-Latency Summit"

From Big Data For Finance:
With a theme of "Big Fast Data for Automated Trading" the Low-Latency Summit taking place in London next month (October 8, and November 12 in New York City) is embracing the convergence of technologies built for high speed connectivity and massive data transfer with those built for high performance computing and huge data management.
Check out these morning sessions ...
Low-Latency: No Longer a Strategy. So What Is?
Outright speed is no longer enough, even if one can afford it. Intelligent trading, aka smart trading, is the new focus. It means making better trading decisions through data-driven analytics, and executing with competitive latency, at an affordable cost. What are the best approaches to participating in the intelligent trading marketplace?

News and Social Media for Trading - Analytics over Latency?
Trading strategies driven at least in part by news and social media updates are being increasingly adopted, and generating investment returns that many are taking note of. What sources of information are suitable for what trading strategies, and what approaches are available for connecting to and processing this potentially lucrative Big Data world?...MORE