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Ivy is Editor-at-Large for Advanced Trading and Wall Street & Technology. Ivy is responsible for writing in-depth feature articles, daily blogs and news articles with a focus on automated trading in the capital markets. As an industry expert, Ivy has reported on a myriad number of topics including high frequency trading, algorithmic trading strategies, market structure, electronic trading in fixed income , colocation in data centers, Dodd-Frank regulation and the new derivatives landscape. Ivy meets with software companies and other innovators and writes about cloud computing, OMS/EMSs and other financial technologies.

Articles by Ivy Schmerken
posted in January 2010

Why the Industry Is Changing Options Symbology

1/29/2010
The options industry has outgrown five-character options symbols and is converting to a more-descriptive format that will help investors understand the instruments they are trading.

New Options Symbology Phased In

1/29/2010
New options symbology was phased in on Feb. 12, seemingly without any problems. But given the far-reaching nature of the conversion for brokers, exchanges, clearing firms and vendors, some kinks still could arise.

CQG Adds Nasdaq OMX Nordic Market Data

1/25/2010
Customers can access real-time and historical market data for Nasdaq OMX Nordic derivatives, and trading access is slated for later this year.

Is the Bank Tax Unconstitutional?

1/19/2010
Wall Street is getting ready for a legal battle over the proposed bank tax unveiled by President Obama last week and has hired a top litigator who has argued cases before the Supreme Court.

Alpha Capture Systems Measure the Value of Sell-Side Trade Ideas

1/11/2010
To drum up commissions, sell-side sales professionals increasingly are communicating trade ideas to buy-side clients via alpha capture systems such as youDevise's Trade Information Monitor, which provide performance metrics around the trade ideas.

Flash Orders: Bad for Equities, Good for Options?

1/7/2010
In case you thought the controversy over 'flash trading' that erupted in equities is over, think again. In a video CBOE Executive Vice Chairman Edward Tilly contends the economics of flash trading in options and how this actually benefits the customer.

Sell-Side Equity Technology Gets Smarter in 2010

1/6/2010
Sell-side heads of equity technology are looking to consolidate their data centers into fewer locations, but not give up space, reports Kevin McPartland, senior analyst at Tabb Group in a Youtube video.

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