In a rare example of public messaging, HFT and dark liquidity specialist, Hudson River Trading, overtly signals its move into the land of PFOF and price improvement. Independently, Tower Research Capital adds a clue that's related to the story. Here's why...
On a lazy Thursday afternoon leading up to the US 4th of July holiday weekend, Robinhood unveils its IPO (S-1) document to the world. Here are some early highlights and analysis that can only be found at Alphacution...
Similar to its early development of a retail stock flow factor, Alphacution turns its attention to measuring retail participation in options. As expected, the early visuals are illuminating...
Bloomberg's Tom Maloney recently shed some light on Jane Street's jaw-dropping revenue figure for the 12 months ending March 2021. Here, Alphacution circles back to provide a kaleidoscopic view of what that success looks like from a trading strategy perspective...
Tom Maloney, editor at Bloomberg, published "Jane Street, DRW Traders Made Billions as Virus Hit Market" on June 18, 2021 with a little seasoning from Alphacution.
Anna Lyudvig, financial journalist for Traders Magazine, publishes a story on Alphacution itself based on virtual discussion at DTCC event: "Alphacution Finds Some Regulatory Data to Be Messy" (June 17, 2021).
Using our ecosystem framework as a guide, this is Alphacution's mechanical interpretation of how Jim Simons and the RenTec team gains a persistent edge on the competition; a master class of sorts that may be useful to your trading strategy development, as well...
For those interested in a discussion about the "Robinhood Effect," the "retail flow factor," and other timely topics related to a deranged and deranging stock market, a playback of the June 10th DTCC event, "Active Management and the Critical Role of Data," can be accessed herein...
The missing data finally showed up, and that led us to this comparison of Optiver US and IMC Financial Markets through year-end 2020...
Mallika Mitra is a reporter at Money, covering investing trends, retirement, and debt. Her recent article, "Robinhood IPO: What to Know Before Investing," was published on June 2, 2021 based, in part, on Alphacution's ongoing analysis of Robinhood, its business model, and its impacts on the broader capital markets ecosystem.
