While most retail investors place trades through a brokerage, it’s not the only way to buy and sell securities. There are also alternative trading systems, largely used by institutional investors.

Order and Execution Management Systems (OEMS) are the most critical components for every sell side trading operation. But despite this, the industry has seen a noticeable lack of real innovation in ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. The way that transactions are executed in the volatile and chaotic world of the financial markets is evolving thanks to automated ...

Editor’s Note: Don’t miss Part I of this series (trade entry metrics), Part II (exit strategies), Part III (system enhancements and filters) as well as Part IV (risk & trading psychology). Today’s ...

The following Algorithm Q&A Special Report was crafted after conversations with the Buy and Sell sides of the Institutional Trading Community. This Report is not a re-hash of all things Algo, but ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. Successful system trading, in spite of the financial rewards, can be frustrating. A quantified mechanical model ...

When discussing the numerous and varied market indicators technical traders use to build trading systems, we often point to moving averages. The moving average is one of the basic tools in technical ...

The New York Stock Exchange launched its Hybrid Market trading system on Oct. 6. The long-awaited system enables members to buy and sell a limited number of stocks electronically and to continue ...