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The Fed Robbery Revisited Riadh Zaatour  and Stéphane  Tyč Quincy Data December 04, 2013 Abstract We revisit the controversial release of FOMC news on September 18th 2013 using the time stamps generated by the exchanges and included in their raw feed. Our analysis is consistent with a simultaneous release of the information at the CME and at the Nasdaq colocation centres exactly at 2:00:00 pm. Introduction A heated debate followed the FOMC “no taper” information […]

Alexandre Laumonier, Sniper in Mahwah Addenda [12/7/13, 14:10:00:0001 EST] Early October, more or less one week after Virtu published its own data about the Fed Robbery, a top representative of Virtu talked in front of exchanges top executives and said: “Nanex is peddling this nonsense about an early release. [Eric Hunsader] is just 100% wrong. … The problem is that the New York Post and CNBC and the Wall Street Journal and others pick this guy up as an authoritative source. And he really […]

Source: Markets Media July 22nd, 2013 While technology has enabled trade latency to near zero, not all market participants have the opportunity to achieve the fastest possible order and data transmission. The owners of Quincy Data and its co-owned, separately run network company McKay Brothers hope to level the playing field. “Trying to bring a technology that only the best proprietary-trading firms have to firms that execute on behalf of clients so they can benefit […]

Author: Faye Kilburn Source: Inside Market Data | 02 May 2013 Oakland, Calif.-based low-latency market data connectivity provider Quincy Data has established a UK point of presence in Equinix’s LD4 datacenter in Slough, outside London, to provide high-frequency traders and other firms co-located in LD4 with low-latency market data from CME Group. Quincy can deliver data from CME’s markets to LD4 in 36.4 milliseconds via its Quincy Extreme Data (QED) service, leveraging microwave connectivity from […]