It is hard to be in the business of futures execution and resist commenting on the Bitcoin phenomenon, so we wanted to share some thoughts on the recent introduction of Bitcoin futures on the CBOE and CME.

Guest UserDecember 22, 2017

The Cycle

Thanks to everyone who attend our inaugural QB | The Best Execution Conference 2017. We appreciated your interest and active participation. Thanks also to our guest speakers, our co-founder Robert Almgren, and our Research team.

Guest UserNovember 30, 2017

Penny Wise, Pound Foolish: Reducing Implicit Costs

These days it is hard to imagine there are any investors, investment managers or proprietary traders not focused on minimizing the commissions they pay. Particularly in times when performance is challenged, reducing the amount paid in commissions to the lowest level possible while retaining necessary services is an obvious and common area of focus.

Guest UserOctober 31, 2017

Big Data For Execution

The term “big data” has become an ubiquitous cross-industry term for describing vast amounts of data, the implications of storing and analyzing such data for organizations, and the technology to do so.

Guest UserOctober 5, 2017

Don’t Take Your Horse On The Highway

Last month, in an interview with Risk.net, our co-founder and President, Robert Almgren, spontaneously came up with an analogy that has since stuck in the thoughts of the QB team. When you are as immersed in a product as we are, it can become increasingly hard to explain concepts that are obvious to us, but newer to others. “Don’t take your horse on the highway”.

Guest UserAugust 28, 2017

Artificial Intelligence At QB

It is hard to escape the seemingly incessant talk of Artificial Intelligence these days. The media has endless coverage about how machines are taking over our lives, automating even more tasks and far outsmarting humans.

Guest UserJuly 24, 2017