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TT's products and people are frequently covered by the trade and business media. Links to some of the more significant articles are posted below. Note that some publications may require registration or a paid subscription.


Trading Technologies' Platform Selected by Vision Financial Markets

Trading Technologies’ X_TRADER suite of algorithmic execution products will provide a range of new services for Vision, a self-clearing futures commission merchant with presence in a number of major US exchanges.
High Frequency Traders - January 11, 2011

Tech on Tuesday: TT opens gateway to Japan

A global provider of derivatives trading software has launched a gateway to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), enabling faster access to Japanese exchanges.
FOW Intelligence - December 13, 2011

TRADING PACES: Tokyo, Korea to Promote Each Other’s Stocks

The Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Korea Exchange are making moves to make it easier to find each other’s prices and, later, to place orders between the two markets. Trading Technologies connected its derivatives trading system to the Tokyo exchange. KVH made a connection from Tokyo to the Australian Securities Exchange. And Deutsche Boerse keeps trying to sate European regulators on its takeover of NYSE Euronext.
Securities Technology Monitor - December 8, 2011

Trading Technologies opens new gateway to Tokyo Stock Exchange

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), the provider of software for derivatives professionals, has announced the release of a new gateway to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
Automated Trader - December 8, 2011

Trading Technologies Completes Japanese Connectivity

Trading Technologies (TT) has announced the launch of a new gateway link to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), completing its connectivity to all major Japanese derivatives markets.
WatersTechnology - December 8, 2011

Code-Free Coding

Waters talks to Elise Fleischaker, vice president and head of global marketing at Trading Technologies, about the the firm's X_TRADER platform, and Algo Design Lab (ADL), a new way of doing business with algorithms.
WatersTechnology - December 2011

Buy-Side Technology Awards 2011: The Winners

Buy-Side Technology is pleased to announce the winners of the fifth annual Buy-Side Technology Awards. The Awards were held earlier today, November 4, at Le Méridien on Piccadilly in London. Guest of honor was former All Blacks captain, Sean Fitzpatrick, who handed out the awards.
WatersTechnology - November 4, 2011

Joe LeBlanc: Taking A Rare Energy Position

Joe LeBlanc was a 25-year energy trading veteran with experience trading and hedging in both the physical and futures markets when he was cajoled by a former colleague to teach a course in energy trading at Tulane University's A. B. Freeman School of Business. The next year, he became a full-time professor and went about transforming the program and facility into something appropriate for a high-end hedge fund or institutional energy trading desk.
Futures Magazine - November 1, 2011

Brazilian Bank Votorantim Corretora Selects Trading Technologies' TTNET™

Votorantim Corretora, a subsidiary of Banco Votorantim, the privately-owned Brazilian bank, and Trading Technologies International, the provider of order-entry software and solutions for professional derivatives traders, have announced that Votorantim has selected TT's low-latency, fully managed hosting solution, TTNET, to provide access to BM&FBOVESPA for institutional clients and internal execution desks.
Automated Trader - October 11, 2011

Technology Report: Low Latency Systems Aim to Meet HFT Demand

High frequency trading (HFT) firms, trading a large volume of contracts on a small margin, can find one small price movement potentially bank-breaking. That makes the choice of technology, which turns a firm’s orders into fills, crucial. But in a crowded marketplace, how do you decide what is right for you? Dan Barnes, looks at the options.
FOW - October 2011

Back to School

When electronic trading was in its infancy, exchanges held simulations for members and clerks to practice trading various markets on a computer screen. These sessions often broke down into sophomoric attempts to amass the largest gains or losses by throwing around unrealistic positions sizes.
Futures Magazine - September 1, 2011

Link Investimentos Takes TTNET

Brazilian commodities trading firm Link Investimentos has selected to deploy a hosted trading platform from Trading Technologies International (TT) to connect its internal desks and institutional clients to trading on the BMF&Bovespa exchange.
WatersTechnology - August 25, 2011

Covering All the Bases

Trading Technologies' ADL (Algo Design Lab), a new tool integrated within the firm's X_TRADER order-entry platform, may be poised to create a paradigm shift with its approach to trading model development.
Automated Trader - Q3 2011

In a Bill, Wall Street Shows Clout

Wall Street often tries to play down its influence in Washington. As Congress pushed through financial regulations that seemed to get watered down last year, Wall Street’s chief executives tried to suggest, somewhat surprisingly, that their highly paid lobbyists did not have much sway.
New York Times - July 4, 2011

Patent (Regulation) Pending

I'm tired of partisan politics. I would say, "like most Americans", but to be honest, I have my doubts as to how much supporters from either side of the political fence really want their representatives to reach across the aisle.
WatersTechnology - June 24, 2011

RCG Sanctioned in Patent Case

While it may seem that court battles over Trading Technologies’ "static ladder" and related patents that once threatened to disrupt futures markets’ cost structure are old news, there are still cases being disputed. In one, Rosenthal Collins Group (RCG) was levied a fine by a Chicago federal judge for misconduct in a patent infringement case with TT. Additionally, the judge ruled in favor of TT and ordered RCG to pay litigation costs of the case.
Futures - April 2011

Trading Technologies Further Links Derivatives Customers

Trading Technologies has launched a new connection to the Osaka Securities Exchange in Japan through its X_TRADER derivatives trading platform.
DatacenterDynamics FOCUS - March 28, 2011

Trading Technologies Eyes Simplified Algo Development

Multi-asset-class trading platform provider Trading Technologies International (TT) expects to begin beta-testing a new drag-and-drop trading algorithm development environment for its X_TRADER platform later this month, vendor officials tell Sell-Side Technology.
Sell-Side Technology - March 22, 2011 (subscription required)

New Data Center Designed for Trading

A new data center has opened in Sydney, designed for low latency trading and proximity hosting with links to key financial hubs around the world.
DatacenterDynamics FOCUS - March 18, 2011

Sydney Date Centre for Trading Technologies

Trading Technologies International has opened a new data centre in Sydney for its TTNET fully managed hosting solution for market traders.
iTWire - March 17, 2011

Custom Algos Growing in Popularity

Today's buy-side trader needs made-to-order formulas for pursuing alpha, and the algo designers are scurrying to meet the demand.
Advanced Trading - March 17, 2011

Trading Strategy Design Tool in the Works

While there's an abundance of software engineers, ones that can combine their software development skills with trading expertise are hard to come by. That's the driving force behind the former TickIt Trading Systems, which was acquired by Trading Technologies last year.
Markets Media - March 16, 2011

TT Opens Sydney Data Center

Trading Technologies International (TT) has opened a new data center in Sydney for TTNET, its fully managed hosting solution. The Sydney data center is the seventh TTNET facility for TT's global hosting service.
Finextra - March 16, 2011

The Democratisation of HFT

Traditionally high frequency trading has been the domain of big firms, but new products and services have brought it to a broader range of smaller firms, as David Setters finds out.
infoNet@FOA - March 2011

Trading Technologies Connects to Osaka Securities Exchange

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) has released a new connection to Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE).
Asia Etrading - February 15, 2011

Trading Technologies Connects to Japan's Osaka Securities Exchange

Trading Technologies International (TT) has established a new connection to Japan-based derivatives exchange Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE), coinciding with the launch of OSE's new J-Gate derivatives trading platform.
Banking Business Review - February 15, 2011

Trading Technologies Settles Patent Lawsuit with Cunningham Trading Systems

CTS agrees to take a 10-year royalty bearing license under the vast majority of TT's patent portfolio.
Advanced Trading - January 27, 2011

Trading Technologies Expanding Connectivity to Japanese Derivatives Exchanges

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) announced January 18 it has broadened access to the major Japanese derivatives markets with new connections to Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) and Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE).
Asia Etrading - January 21, 2011

FOW Awards for Innovation: TickIt Trading Systems/Trading Technologies

TickIt has a strong name in the automated algorithmic futures trading market, and its latest product – the AlgoDesign Lab – fought through a tough crowd to win in the trading and execution category this year. TickIt was acquired by Trading Technologies in June 2010.
FOW - December 2010/January 2011

TT Expanding Connectivity to Japanese Derivatives Exchanges

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) today announced it has broadened access to the major Japanese derivatives markets with new connections to Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) and Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE).
Commodities Now - January 20, 2011

Japanese Exchanges Build Out Connectivity

A push by Japan's exchanges to transition to new trading platforms is triggering a burst of interest from overseas traders looking to trade the Japanese markets.
Markets Media - January 20, 2011

Trading Technologies Linking Japanese Trading Networks through Expanded Connectivity

Trading Technologies, a developer of high-performance trading software for derivatives professionals, including the world's premier investment banks, proprietary traders, brokers, futures commission merchants (FCMs), hedge funds and other trading institutions, announced an expansion of connectivity to cover major Japanese derivatives markets such as Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) and Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE).
Financial Tech Spotlight - January 19, 2011

Trading Technologies Expands Connectivity to Japanese Derivatives Markets

Trading Technologies International (TT), a provider of trading software solutions, has expanded the access to the Japanese derivatives markets with new connections to Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) and Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE).
Banking Business Review - January 19, 2011

Anatomy of a Trading Floor: First New York Securities

First New York Securities operates a proprietary trading business from its midtown Manhattan trading floor, which houses teams that execute across multiple asset classes, including U.S. Equities, international equities, commodities, foreign exchange, Treasuries, futures and options, and macro rates.
Advanced Trading - December 2010

MarketsWiki Interview: Tom Haldes, Trading Technologies

MarketsWiki Editor Jessica Titlebaum interviews Tom Haldes, Senior Product Manager, Automated Trading at Trading Technologies, at FIA Expo 2010.
MarketsWiki.com - November 12, 2010

MarketsWiki Interview: Michael Unetich, Trading Technologies

MarketsWiki Editor Jessica Titlebaum interviews Michael Unetich, Product Manager of the Algo Design Lab at Trading Technologies, at FIA Expo 2010.
MarketsWiki.com - November 11, 2010

BST Awards 2010: All the Winners

Trading Technologies received the award for best best buy-side commodities trading platform from Buy-Side Technology magazine.
Buy-Side Technology - November 9, 2010

Trading Technologies Launches Synthetic Strategy Engine

Trading Technologies has rolled out Synthetic Strategy Engine (Synthetic SE), a server-based app that enables users to create and manage synthetic order types that are not natively supported by an exchange. The product enables users to define custom synthetic orders, including trailing stops and if touched, iceberg, time and volume sliced orders. Synthetic orders can be combined to create custom orders, such as a trailing stop that becomes an iceberg when the stop is triggered.
Markets Media - November 9, 2010 (subscription required)

Trading Technologies Releases Synthetic Strategy Engine

Trading Technologies International has announced the release of Synthetic Strategy Engine (Synthetic SE), a server-based application that enables users to create and manage synthetic order types that are not natively supported by an exchange.
Automated Trader - November 4, 2010

Trading Technologies Launches Synthetic Strategy Engine

Multi-asset trading technology provider Trading Technologies International (TT) is launching Synthetic Strategy Engine (SSE), a new element in its Strategy Engine family of proximity-based computing applications.
Sell-Side Technology - November 3, 2010

Transformation: Chicago Builds on its Reputation for Speed

The building on the corner of Larrabee Street and Chicago Avenue, near the city centre, does not look like a high-technology centre. Solid and industrial, it reflects its original use – a warehouse for the Montgomery Ward mail-order catalogue company. Now it is base for a string of proprietary trading firms and other companies in the world of electronic trading. High-speed trading groups such as Infinium Capital Management and Jump Trading are headquartered there, as are derivatives brokerages Penson GHCO and thinkorswim.
Financial Times - November 2, 2010 (registration required)

Business Students Roll up Their Sleeves and Trade Futures at Tulane's Second Annual Energy Trading Competition

Mike Jones, a graduate business student at Tulane University, could have been mistaken for a professional energy trader Saturday morning.
The Times-Picayune - October 25, 2010

Futures Traders Seek Tech Edge

Professional futures traders constantly require a technology edge in the form of superior speed, stability and accuracy. Trading Technologies endeavors to fill this need through X_TRADER, its flagship order management system.
Markets Media - October 13, 2010

Trading Technologies Releases X_TRADER® 7.8

Trading Technologies International, Inc., the provider of order-entry software and solutions for professional derivatives traders, has announced that it has released X_TRADER 7.8.
Automated Trader - August 18, 2010

Trading Technologies Releases X_TRADER Version 7.8

Trading Technologies, the order-entry software providing company for derivatives traders, has released X_TRADER Version 7.8. The additional features added to the execution platform include a redesigned market window order pane, with an added functionality that makes it easier for traders and brokers to enter orders.
FOi - August 18, 2010 (subscription required)

Trading Technologies Acquired TickIt Trading Systems

Chicago-based Trading Technologies has acquired TickIT Trading Systems to move into the low-latency algorithmic trading space for futures.
Advanced Trading - July 1, 2010

Trading Technologies Acquires TickIt Trading Systems

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a leading provider of order-entry software and solutions for professional derivatives traders, announced today that it has acquired TickIt Trading Systems, LLC (TickIt).
A-Team Group's Electronic Trading - June 11, 2010

Trading Technologies Snaps up TickIt Trading

Big news in Chicago's high-tech trading scene: Trading Technologies International Inc. announced Wednesday that it's acquired TickIt Trading Systems LLC.
Crain's Chicago Business - June 9, 2010

Mizuho Adopts TTNET

Mizuho Securities USA has selected Trading Technologies TTNET platform for the firm’s futures execution capability, according to vendor officials. The hosted offering will provide the brokerage access to the global derivatives markets and facilitate Mizuho’s front-to-back straight-through processing (STP) operations.
Sell-Side Technology - May 18, 2010

Trading Technologies and BM&FBovespa Announce Partnership

Trading Technologies International has entered into a partnership to provide direct access to BM&FBovespa's new multi-asset class platform via TT's X_TRADER platform.
Automated Trader - April 13, 2010

TT Plans Direct Access to BM&FBovespa

Multi-asset trading technology provider Trading Technologies International (TT) announced today, April 12, a partnership with Brazilian exchange BM&FBovespa in which TT will provide direct access, through its X_TRADER platform, to the exchange's new multi-asset-class platform, according to vendor officials.
Sell-Side Technology - April 9, 2010 (subscription required)

TT Targets Proximity-Based Trading Strategies

Multi-asset trading technology provider Trading Technologies International (TT) expects to add proximity-based strategies to a yet-named new product in its Strategy Engine (SE) product line.
Sell-Side Technology - February 15, 2010

Tulane Launches Energy Trading Competition

Andres Rozo, a Tulane University MBA student from Columbia, South America, got his first taste of life as an energy trader this week. Rozo's group is one of 21 teams from around North America competing in the event, which got under way Monday with a two-week preliminary round in which contestants use mock $100,000 accounts to execute trades from their campuses.
The Times-Picayune - October 18, 2009

How to Become an Energy Trader

Liren Pan tried to keep quiet while typing away at his laptop computer last week in the library of Washington University. After finishing up a statistics exam, the 26-year old business student was vying to win a simulated oil futures trading competition on which his future career could depend.
Forbes - October 16, 2009

Investor Brain

Trading Technologies and Tulane University are holding a trading contest that will wrap up with a live competition Nov. 13-14 at the Freeman School of Business at Tulane in New Orleans.
Barron's - November 7, 2009

Trading Technologies Launches New Spread Trading Engine

Trading Technologies International has released its Autospreader Strategy Engine (SE), a server-based implementation of its Autospreader application for spread trading.
Advanced Trading - September 23, 2009

Trading Technologies Connects to London Metal Exchange

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) and London Metal Exchange (LME) have announced that TT has connected its X_TRADER® derivatives trading platform to LME, the world's oldest and largest non-ferrous metals market.
Automated Trader - September 10, 2009

TT Links to MEFF

Derivatives trading system provider Trading Technologies International (TT) has connected its X_TRADER derivatives trading platform to Spain's Mercado Español de Futuros Financieros (MEFF) exchange, allowing TT customers to trade a collection of futures and options products listed on MEFF.
Dealing With Technology - November 17, 2009 (subscription required)

Trading Technologies Announces Launch of Connectivity to London Metal Exchange

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) and London Metal Exchange (LME) announced that TT has connected its X_TRADER derivatives trading platform to LME, the world’s oldest and largest non-ferrous metals market.
A-Team Group’s Electronic Trading - September 9, 2009

Trading Technologies Connects to Japan's TOCOM

Trading Technologies, one of the largest providers of trading technology to exchanges, said on Thursday it had connected its trading system to the Tokyo Commodity Exchange (Tocom).
Financial Times - May 28, 2009

TT Upgrade Underscores 2009 Expansion Plans

The launch by Trading Technologies International of Version 7.6 of its X_TRADER derivatives trading platform is part of a series of upgrades that will continue during 2009 as the Chicago-based company seeks to extend its global reach.
A-Team Group’s Electronic Trading - February 25, 2009 (subscription required)

TT Launches X_TRADER 7.6

Trading Technologies, the derivatives software vendor, has launched X_TRADER 7.6, the new update of its derivatives trading platform, of which version 7 was released in late 2005.
FOi - February 16, 2009 (subscription required)

TT Releases Upgraded Version of X_TRADER Derivatives Platform

Trading Technologies International has launched Version 7.6 of its X_TRADER derivatives trading platform. TT says Version 7.6 improves performance across all major functional areas, including price updates, order handling, contract loading and workspace opening.
A-Team Group’s Electronic Trading - February 13, 2009

Trading Technologies Launches X_TRADER 7.6

Trading Technologies International has released X_TRADER 7.6, the newest version of TT's professional derivatives trading platform. X_TRADER 7.6 adds new features that enhance functionality, usability, deployment and user administration.
Advanced Trading - February 12, 2009

Trading Technologies Upgrades Derivatives Platform

Trading Technologies (TT) has released X_TRADER 7.6, the latest version of its derivatives trading platform. The new version adds features designed to enhance functionality, usability, deployment and user administration.
The Trade - February 12, 2009

TT's X_TRADER Named Best Commodities Trading Platform for Second Consecutive Year

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT) announced that its X_TRADER derivatives trading platform was named Best Commodities Trading Platform by Buy-Side Technology magazine. TT also won this competitive award in 2007. TT was selected as the winner based on the opinions of the magazine's editorial team and independent consultants from Accenture, The Aite Group, Deloitte Consulting, Investit and Morse.
Investment Weekly News - November 29, 2008

JP Morgan and Trading Technologies Enter into Licensing and Distribution Agreement

JP Morgan and Trading Technologies have entered into a global software licensing and distribution agreement under which JP Morgan will make Trading Technologies' X_TRADER order entry software and TTNET hosting solution available to its trading desks and global futures and options clients.
Advanced Trading - October 23, 2008

Trading Technologies Releases Gateway to Spain's MEFF Exchange

Trading Technologies International has connected to Spain’s Mercado Español de Futuros Financieros (MEFF) exchange, giving customers access to a broad array of futures and options products, including IBEX 35 equity index futures, IBEX 35 mini futures and options and single stock futures and options.
A-Team Group’s Electronic Trading - November 12, 2008 (subscription required)

Trading Technologies Connects to Spain’s MEFF Exchange

Trading Technologies International, Inc. has announced that TT's X_TRADER derivatives trading platform is now connected to Spain's MEFF (Mercado Español de Futuros Financieros) exchange.
Automated Trader - November 12, 2008

Trading Technologies Connects to Spain’s MEFF Exchange

Trading Technologies International, Inc. said that its TT's X_TRADER derivatives trading platform is now connected to Spain's Mercado Espanol de Futuros Financieros (MEFF) exchange.
Advanced Trading - November 12, 2008

JP Morgan, TT Deal

JP Morgan Chase & Co. has entered into a global software licensing and distribution deal with Chicago-based Trading Technologies International (TT). Under the agreement, JP Morgan will make TT's X-Trader order-entry system available to its internal trading desks and futures and options clients.
Securities Technology Monitor - November 3, 2008

JP Morgan Adds TT Order Entry

JP Morgan, the investment banking unit of JP Morgan Chase & Co., has agreed to offer order entry software from Trading Technologies International Inc. on its internal trading desks and to global futures and options clients.
Markets Media - October 22, 2008

J.P. Morgan and Trading Technologies Enter into Global Software Licensing and TTNET Distribution Agreement

J.P. Morgan and Trading Technologies International, Inc. have announced that they have entered into a global software licensing and TTNET distribution agreement in which J.P. Morgan will make available TT's high-speed X_TRADER® order-entry software to its internal trading desks and Global Futures and Options clients.
Automated Trader - October 22, 2008

Trading Technologies Launches Connectivity to Brazilian Exchange BM&FBOVESPA

Trading Technologies International, Inc. has announced that TT has linked its X_TRADER derivatives trading platform to Latin America's largest futures exchange, BM&FBOVESPA, via the CME Group's Globex platform.
Automated Trader - October 7, 2008

Winners Take All: FOW Names TT "Technology Provider of the Year"

Once again the industry’s brightest and best met to celebrate their successes over the past twelve months at FOW Awards 2008.
FOW - April 30, 2008 (subscription required)

Roll of Honor: FOW Magazine Names X_TRADER 7.4 "Technology Innovation of the Year"

On June 19th, hundreds of the biggest names in the derivatives world gathered at One Whitehall Place in London to celebrate the winners of the inaugural FOW Awards.
FOW - July 13, 2007 (subscription required)

Trading Technologies Expands Global Software Licensing Agreement with Goldman Sachs

Trading Technologies International, Inc. has announced that it has extended its existing U.S. software license agreement to enable Goldman, Sachs & Co. to distribute TT's software to its European clients via a high speed network based in London.
Automated Trader - August 8, 2006

Chicago and the Gods of Risk

The industry underlying much of Chicago's economic past, and perhaps future, gets a bad rap. Say "risk management" and most Chicagoans conjure an image of nerdy actuaries wielding calculators and incomprehensible insurance policies. Most people don't picture risk as a critical economic catalyst and a cornerstone of capitalism. Those people are wrong.
Crain's Chicago Business - May 22, 2006

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