High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop Available Now on DVD

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The Most Practical Implementation of High-Frequency Trading Strategies Now Available on DVD at HFTExpertsWorkshop.com. Requirements to develop sophisticated high-frequency trading platforms, a hands-on understanding of high-frequency trading in practice, market microstructure with high-frequency trading and new high-frequency strategies, including arbitrage, news and social networking based.

New York, NY, March 04, 2011 — High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop 2011, “Practical Implementation of High-Frequency Trading Strategies”, is now available on DVD at http://www.HFTExpertsWorkshop.com. This DVD Video Package will provide an understanding of the requirements to develop sophisticated high-frequency trading platforms, a hands-on understanding of high-frequency trading in practice, market microstructure with high-frequency trading and new high-frequency strategies, including arbitrage, news and social networking based. The full program includes:

1.HISTORY AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
• Evolution of high-frequency trading
• Scope of high-frequency trading today
• Current and future changes in the marketplace
• Regulatory and infrastructure aspects

2.HIGH-FREQUENCY TRADING PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT
• Core system requirements and competencies
• Off-the-shelf vs. in-house-built choices
• Public vs. private APIs and protocols
• Life cycle management from prototype to profitable system
• Navigating the tradeoff between time to market and flexibility/performance
• Management and security issues

3.HIGH-FREQUENCY STRATEGY CLASSIFICATIONS
• Regulatory driven
• Operational efficiency and demand driven
• Quantitative information processing advantage driven
• Qualitative information processing advantage driven
• Relative value and arbitrage strategies

4.HIGH-FREQUENCY ALGORITHM CLASSIFICATIONS
• Low frequency vs. high frequency vs. ultra high frequency
• Speed critical vs. intelligence critical
• Static vs. dynamic strategies
• Repetitive vs. adaptive/evolutionary
• Informative vs. active

5.SYSTEM DESIGN IN PRACTICE
• Possible set-up for rapid deployment
• Safety concerns and testing
• Interface specification and design
• Component and other architectures
• Off-the-shelf and custom made algorithms with possible integration at both

6.BUILDING PROFITABLE SYSTEMS
• Management of the investment systems
• Continuous system improvement
• Process control and risk attributes

7.HIGH-FREQUENCY TRADING IN PRACTICE
• Proprietary trading
• Market making and flow trading
• Portfolio and structured products management
• DMA, customer trading and advanced order types
• Investment management and hedge funds
• Product creation and distribution

8.EXPLOITING MARKET MICROSTRUCTURE WITH HIGH-FREQUENCY TRADING
• The order book and the information it holds
• Human brain/nature vs. creative algorithm
• Hiding your tracks vs. showing your hands in algorithmic trading
• Using perception and deception

The workshop director, Mr. Peter van Kleef, is Chief Executive Officer, Lakeview Arbitrage and Partner, Lakeview Capital Market Services. Priorly, Mr. van Kleef managed significant hedge fund type investment portfolios and quantitative trading departments for, among others, Cooper Neff, Salomon Brothers, HypoVereinsbank and Credit Lyonnais. He has over 15 years of experience in the development and running of sophisticated automated trading operations. Mr. van Kleef holds an MBA degree from the Owen Graduate School at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA. He is a frequent speaker on complex arbitrage strategies with a focus on volatility arbitrage and high frequency algorithmic trading. He is also a well known consultant to the investment community with regards to trading, risk management, operational and strategic issues.

High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop 2011 is produced by Golden Networking (goldennetworking.net), the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs, investors and diplomats, founded by former McKinsey consultant and Columbia Business School MBA Edgar Perez. Upcoming Golden Networking’s Forums and Business Receptions include:

• High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop 2011 New York, “Practical Implementation of High-Frequency Trading Strategies” (HFTExpertsWorkshop.com), March 3 & 4, New York

• High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour, (HFTHappyHour.com), March 8th, New York City

• High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop 2011 Sydney, “Practical Implementation of High-Frequency Trading Strategies” (HFTExpertsWorkshop.com), March 14 & 15, Sydney

• High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop 2011 Singapore, “Practical Implementation of High-Frequency Trading Strategies” (HFTExpertsWorkshop.com), March 16 & 17, Singapore

• Advanced Market Timing Experts Workshop 2011 Singapore, “Master Market Timing with the Leading Technical Analyst” (AdvancedMarketTiming.com), March 21 & 22, Singapore

• Advanced Market Timing Experts Workshop 2011 Hong Kong, “Master Market Timing with the Leading Technical Analyst” (AdvancedMarketTiming.com), March 24 & 25, Hong Kong

• Offshore Yuan Trading Experts Workshop 2011 Hong Kong, “The Emergence of the Yuan in the Global Foreign-Exchange Markets” (OffshoreYuanTrading.com), March 28 & 29, Hong Kong

• Modern Derivatives Trading Experts Workshop 2011 Hong Kong, “Trading and Hedging with Interest Rate and Currency Derivatives” (ModernDerivativesTrading.com), March 31 & April 1, Hong Kong

• High-Frequency Trading Experts Workshop 2011 Mumbai, “Practical Implementation of High-Frequency Trading Strategies” (HFTExpertsWorkshop.com), April 7 & 8, Mumbai

• High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour, (HFTHappyHour.com), April 12th, New York City

• High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour, (HFTHappyHour.com), May 10th, New York City

• High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 New York, “How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World” (HFTLeadersForum.com), May 16, 17 & 18, New York City

Panelists, speakers and sponsors are invited to contact Golden Networking by sending an email to [email protected]. Golden Networking has been frequently featured in the press, including recent articles in The Wall Street Journal, “Happy Hour for High-Frequency Trading”, The New York Times, “Golden Networking Helps Job Seekers Make Overseas Connections”, Los Angeles Times, “Speed-addicted traders dominate today’s stock market”, Reuters, “Revamp looms as trading experts huddle at SEC” and Columbia Business School’s Hermes Alumni Magazine, “10 Under 10”.
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Contact:
Edgar Perez
Golden Networking
New York, NY
516-761-4612
[email protected]
http://www.HFTExpertsWorkshop.com

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