This might come as a shock to you, but I’m not a swami, oracle, prophet or futurist. I simply speak with a whole lot of smart technologists and executives, and try to cobble their thoughts to provide a (hopefully) unique view of the state of financial technology and data.

For this column, though, I’m going to present the trading technology space as I see it, using Ion Group as an indicator. But I truly mean this: If you think I’m a bit off base, spot on, or, better yet, way off, I want to hear