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CFTC issues report on automated futures trading

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Intelligence Branch in the Division of Market Oversight (DMO) issued a report today that analyzed the entering of orders manually and automatically in commodity futures markets in the United States to determine how technological change is affecting futures trading.

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Stable launches a commodity price risk management platform and seals $6m seed funding round

Stable, the venture backed fintech that is rapidly disrupting the commodity price risk management (CPRM) industry, today announces the launch of its risk management platform.

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OCC picks Cinnober clearing system

Cinnober, a global provider of exchange and clearing technology solutions acquired by Nasdaq, today announces that OCC will replace its legacy clearing system with a system that employs Cinnober’s TRADExpress RealTime Clearing.

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Nasdaq buys Canadian alternative data provider Quandl

Nasdaq has acquired Quandl, a Toronto-based provider of alternative and core financial data. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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CME Group closes NEX acquisition

CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of NEX Group plc (NXG.L). The combined company will enable clients worldwide to trade futures, cash and over-the-counter (OTC) markets, optimize portfolios and analyze data to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities.

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Trading Technologies inks deal with TradeStation

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, today announced that the company has entered into a long-term agreement with TradeStation Securities, Inc. (TradeStation Securities) to provide TT’s advanced options-on-futures trading functionality to TradeStation customers via the TT trading platform.

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QuantHouse adds access to QB best execution algos

QuantHouse, the leading independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure solutions, today announced access to Quantitative Brokers’ (“QB”) best execution algorithms for futures and fixed income.

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Gmex collaborates with Demand Derivatives on futures exchange and blockchain clearing house

Demand Derivatives Corp., a creator of novel derivative instruments, and GMEX Group (GMEX), a leading provider of exchange and post-trade business technology solutions, will combine forces to launch a U.S.-regulated futures exchange, RealDemand Board of Trade (“RealBOT”), and clearing house, RealDemand Clearing (“RealClear”).

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ErisX preps cryptocurrency market

Chicago-based Eris Exchange has secured backing from the likes of TD Ameritrade and Virtu Financial for a cryptocurrency spot and futures trading platform.

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Straits Financial Services signs for TT futures trading platform

Straits Financial Services Pte. Ltd. (Straits Financial), a leading Singapore-based brokerage, and Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, today announced Straits Financial has contracted with Trading Technologies to distribute the TT futures trading platform.

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Quantitative Brokers opens Sydney office

Quantitative Brokers (QB), an independent provider of advanced algorithms and data-driven analytics to clients in the Futures and US Cash Treasury markets, today announced that they have expanded into the Asia Pacific region with a new office in Sydney, Australia, and offering their services 24 hours a day, six days per week.

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Caitong Securities goes live with Horizon options trading platform

Horizon Software (Horizon), the leading global technology provider for electronic trading and investment management, announced today that the China-based securities firm Caitong Securities has gone live with its Options Trading platform to trade SSE 50 ETF options on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

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Tradeweb brings RFQ trading to options industry

Tradeweb Markets, a global leader in electronic financial marketplaces, today announced the launch of the Tradeweb U.S. options platform for institutional customer-to-dealer trading.

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ICE, Microsoft and Starbucks form cryptocurrency venture

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is teaming up with Microsoft, Starbucks and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to launch a platform that lets people and firms buy, sell, store and spend digital assets such as Bitcoin on a seamless global network.

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Phillip Capital distribute TT desktop

Phillip Capital Inc., a Chicago-based self-clearing futures commission merchant (FCM) and broker dealer, and Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, today announced that Phillip Capital has contracted with Trading Technologies to make the TT futures trading platform available to Phillip Capital’s global client base of professional traders.

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Underpinned by B3, BYMA commences derivatives trading

BYMA was authorized by the Comisión Nacional de Valores (CNV) to begin trading in Argentina's derivatives market using B3's PUMA Trading System platform.

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Trainee trader sues UK broker for £10m over trading platform mix-up

A French day trader is suing UK broker Valbury Capital after it voided the €10m profit he had accrued using what he thought was a demo version of its trading software but which turned out be a live account.

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BlueCrest and Virtu join Eris Exchange as equity partners

Eris Exchange (Eris), a US-based futures exchange group offering swap futures as the leading exchange-based alternative to over-the-counter swaps, announced today that BlueCrest Capital Management and Virtu Financial have joined Eris as equity partners.

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TTG Capital opts for TT futures trading platform

TTG Capital Ltd (TTG), a leading London-based global proprietary trading group, and Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, today announced TTG has contracted with Trading Technologies to use the TT futures trading platform.

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BNP Paribas to provide client access to Fidessa workstation

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) and BNP Paribas have entered into a partnership through which the bank will provide its buy-side clients with access to Fidessa's award-winning futures and options workstation.