Direct Edge
Where have all the exchange platform providers gone?
The IMD Wrap: Running an exchange is a profitable business. The margins on market data sales alone can be staggering. And since every exchange needs a reliable and efficient exchange technology stack, Max asks why more vendors aren’t diving into this space.
Concannon Trades Cboe for MarketAxess
Former Bats exec will take on chief ops and president role at fixed-income venue.
Former Bats Data Boss to Co-Head New Cboe Markets Division
Harkins' new division unites the exchange group's equities and derivatives markets and supporting business functions.
Quincy: Latency Reductions ‘Nearing Perfection’ on Aurora-NJ Data Network
The microwave data provider's latest improvements bring it closer to the physical limits of low-latency wireless data transmission between Illinois and New Jersey, officials say.
ITG Names Jahani Head of Technology Architecture
Saro Jahani will start April 14 and be based in New York.
BATS Preps 2016 Equity Depth Data Fees
The fees will target internal use by trading firms and non-display use by other markets for onward-routing.
BATS Preps Feeds for New EDGX Options Market
The new market will offer a different matching model but will leverage the same technology and feeds as BATS' other markets.
Concannon to Replace Ratterman as BATS CEO, Ratterman Becomes Chairman
Could another IPO attempt be in the offing?
BATS Migrates Direct Edge Exchanges
EDGA and EDGX now running on new tech foundations.
BATS Settles Direct Edge Case with SEC
Exchange operator pays $14m to regulator over legacy issues.
Interactive Data 7Ticks Outlines BATS-Direct Edge Connectivity Migration Support
Interactive Data will provide connectivity to matching engines operated by BATS Global Markets and Direct Edge once the merged exchanges migrate their operations to Equinix's NY5 datacenter in Secaucus, NJ in January 2015.
BATS Delays New Feed Launch After SEC Extends Review Period
BATS Global Markets has delayed the launch of its BATS One consolidated feed of data from the four equities markets operated by its BATS and Direct Edge exchange, after the Securities and Exchange Commission extended its 45-day period by a further 45…
O'Brien Departs BATS; CEO Ratterman Adds President Duties
BATS Global Markets has announced the immediate departure of president William O'Brien, who joined the company in January following its merger with Direct Edge, where he was chief executive.
BATS Readies Consolidated BATS-Direct Edge Feed
BATS Global Markets is preparing to release a feed of market data that provides a base of information from all four equities markets run by its BATS and Direct Edge exchanges, following the merger of the two exchange operators at the start of this year.
Bloomberg Adds Full-Depth Direct Edge Data
Bloomberg has begun making full-depth Level 2 market data from BATS Global Markets' Direct Edge exchange available via its Bloomberg Professional terminal and B-Pipe datafeed to existing subscribers to Direct Edge's Level 1 data.
Direct Edge Expands Attributed Quote Program
BATS Global Markets' Direct Edge Exchange is expanding its attributed trading program to allow participating firms to show their order flow as being comprised of retail orders, rather than revealing their identity.
Opening Cross: ‘Location, Location, Location’ Is Only Half the Battle
Wherever you feel at home, your location is ultimately only as good as the leverage it provides.
BATS–Direct Edge to Equalize NY4, NY5 Latency, Post-2015 Equinix Move
BATS Global Markets will ensure that trading members of its BATS and Direct Edge exchanges will experience the same latency whether they co-locate in datacenter provider Equinix’s Secaucus, NJ NY4 or NY5 facilities when the US equities and options…
BATS CIO Explains Datacenter Move
Among the integration questions that needed answering when BATS and Direct Edge agreed to merge regarded that of their respective datacenters. BATS had its exchanges situated at Savvis' NJ2 facility in Weehauken, New Jersey. Direct Edge's were located at…
BATS to Transition Primary Exchanges to NY5 Datacenter
BATS has selected Equinix as its primary data center provider for all of the BATS exchange platforms, including the Direct Edge exchanges EDGA and EDGX.
BATS Taps Equinix as Primary Datacenter, Preps 2015 Move for BATS, Direct Edge Platforms
As part of its efforts to integrate the operations of its recent Direct Edge acquisition, US stock and options exchange operator BATS Global Markets will migrate both markets' trading technology to Equinix's new NY5 datacenter next year under a long-term…