High frequency trading (HFT) continues to grow across the globe, particularly in Europe, due in large part to the fact that the technology required to start an HFT operation is getting cheaper and cheaper.
Many traders are setting up their own high frequency trading shops, backed either by the money they have made in bonuses from investment banks or by private equity. They can do this because, according to the High Frequency Trading Review, it is now 80% cheaper to set up a new HFT operation than it was just five years ago, when the practice first came about.
In fact, it’s [...]
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We’ve discussed the opening range breakout before, or it least what it takes to make for a successful breakout trade, but we never really covered the basics. That’s because there are a million websites where you could receive this information, but I might as well add my own two cents. The opening range breakout is often misunderstood because, like many things in day trading, they appear simple on the surface but are actually fairly difficult to trade. There are a lot of factors that must be accounted for and a new trader simply does not have the experience to take these [...]
