The arms race in trading technology is set to intensify this week as Thomson Reuters, the news and market data company, on Monday unveils a service for “high-frequency” traders allowing them to make split-second trading decisions based on news articles “before the information moves the market” . . .
So-called “machine readable news” services, such as the new Thomson Reuters product, have grown up in parallel with the emergence of high-frequency and algorithmic trading, which depend on lightning-fast delivery of data and news to traders specialising in such computer-driven trading strategies.
Machine readable news systems use computers to “scrub” thousands of breaking news stories, prioritising their relevance for traders – often based on simple key words – and delivering them in a special feed. This provides traders with “signals” that are used to drive their strategies.
Irgendwie hatte ich in Erinnerung, dass die Deutsche Börse sich jüngst an einem Startup beteiligt hatte, was sich in dem Bereich bereits einen Namen gemacht hat.
Rise of the news-reading machines
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Irgendwie hatte ich in Erinnerung, dass die Deutsche Börse sich jüngst an einem Startup beteiligt hatte, was sich in dem Bereich bereits einen Namen gemacht hat.
Muss mal schauen, ob ich den noch finde.