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A Day in the Life of a NYMEX Trader

Aug 26, 2009 @ 09:58 PM By Kerry Massaro,

Every wonder what it's like to be a NYMEX Trader? CNN's Richard Quest, spent the day with trader Ray Carbone, to find out.

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SmartPool Eyes Mid-Cap Securities as Dark Trading Grows in Europe

Aug 18, 2009 @ 11:21 AM By Ivy Schmerken,

Yesterday, SmartPool said that its dark liquidity pool created by NYSE Euronext with partners HSBC, J.P. Morgan and BNP Paribas, would expand into trading mid-cap securities by September. I caught up with Lee Hodgkinson, CEO of SmartPool, to understand the significance of this new development, recent volume trends and other items on his agenda.

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Debating the Value of High Frequency Trading

Aug 10, 2009 @ 07:09 PM By Ivy Schmerken,

Last week’s decision by Nasdaq Stock Market and BATS Exchange to suspend the controversial practice of flash orders has caused some of the media and political hysteria to die down. But there is still quite a bit of confusion as to how these flash orders fit into the broader topic of high-frequency trading, and there is debate on whether this form of rapid-fire, in-and-out trading adds value to the equity markets.

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