STAC, NovaSparks Test New M1 Benchmark
The Securities Technology Analysis Center, a provider of data technology benchmarks and testing services, has released a new version of its STAC-M1 benchmark for feed handler performance, and has conducted the first test with a vendor solution to ratify the new benchmark version.
The new version expands the feeds against which STAC tests solutions from only the Options Price Reporting Authority’s consolidated feed of options quote and trade data to other exchange direct feeds, starting with
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