Trading at the Speed of Light
How Ultrafast Algorithms Are Transforming Financial Markets
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Donald MacKenzie
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In today's financial markets, trading floors on which brokers buy and sell shares face-to-face have increasingly been replaced by lightning-fast electronic systems that use algorithms to execute astounding volumes of transactions. Trading at the Speed of Light tells the story of this epic transformation. Donald MacKenzie shows how in the 1990s, a new approach to trading - automated high-frequency trading or HFT - began and then spread throughout the world. HFT has brought new efficiency to global trading, but has also created an unrelenting race for speed, leading to a systematic, subterranean battle among HFT algorithms.
In HFT, time is measured in nanoseconds (billionths of a second), and in a nanosecond the fastest possible signal - light in a vacuum - can travel only 30 centimeters, or roughly a foot. That makes HFT exquisitely sensitive to the length and transmission capacity of the cables connecting computer servers to the exchanges' systems and to the location of the microwave towers that carry signals between computer datacenters. Drawing from more than 300 interviews with high-frequency traders, the people who supply them with technological and communication capabilities, exchange staff, regulators, and many others, MacKenzie reveals the extraordinary efforts expended to speed up every aspect of trading.
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High Probability Trading
- Take the Steps to Become a Successful Trader
- By: Marcel Link
- Narrated by: Ric Chetter
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
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A common denominator among most new traders is that, within six months of launching their new pursuit, they are out of money and out of trading. High-Probability Trading softens the impact of this "trader's tuition," detailing a comprehensive program for weathering those perilous first months and becoming a profitable trader. This no-nonsense book takes a uniquely blunt look at the realities of trading. Filled with real-life examples and intended for use by both short- and long-term traders, it explores each aspect of successful trading.
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What aspiring traders should read first
- By Stretch on 07-22-22
By: Marcel Link
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Alpha Trader
- The Mindset, Methodology and Mathematics of Professional Trading
- By: Brent Donnelly
- Narrated by: Brent Donnelly
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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Trading is a chaotic, complex, and loosely-structured game played by the smartest minds and most expensive computers in the world. It is the ultimate puzzle. Few can trade at an elite level for an extended period. The game is constantly changing and the rules, mechanics, and probabilities are difficult to observe and forever in flux. Just when you think you’ve got a plan: BAM.
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Nothing special
- By JM on 04-09-24
By: Brent Donnelly
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Option Volatility and Pricing
- Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques
- By: Sheldon Natenberg
- Narrated by: Douglas Martin
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
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The best-selling Option Volatility & Pricing has made Sheldon Natenberg a widely recognized authority in the option industry. Clear, concise, and comprehensive, the second edition of Option Volatility & Pricing is sure to be an important addition to every option trader's library - as invaluable as Natenberg's acclaimed seminars at the world's largest derivatives exchanges and trading firms.
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- By Robert Lachaussee on 07-01-21
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Hedge Fund Market Wizards
- How Winning Traders Win
- By: Jack D. Schwager
- Narrated by: Clinton Wade
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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From best-selling author, investment expert, and Wall Street theoretician Jack Schwager comes a behind-the-scenes look at the world of hedge funds, from 15 traders who've consistently beaten the markets. Exploring what makes a great trader a great trader, Hedge Fund Market Wizards breaks new ground, giving readers rare insight into the trading philosophy and successful methods employed by some of the most profitable individuals in the hedge fund business.
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So much timeless wisdom
- By Rodney Williams on 08-24-20
By: Jack D. Schwager
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Inside the Black Box
- The Simple Truth About Quantitative Trading
- By: Rishi K. Narang
- Narrated by: Richard J. Brewer
- Length: 7 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Quantitative trading strategies - known to many as - black boxes - have gained a reputation of being difficult to explain and even harder to understand. While there is a certain level of complexity to this approach, with the right guidance, you can successfully overcome potential obstacles and begin to excel in this arena.
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Simply Awesome
- By JUAN EDWARD WILLIAMS on 04-01-21
By: Rishi K. Narang
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The Price of Time
- The Real Story of Interest
- By: Edward Chancellor
- Narrated by: Luis Soto
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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In the beginning was the loan, and the loan carried interest. For at least five millennia people have been borrowing and lending at interest. Yet as capitalism became established from the late Middle Ages onwards, denunciations of interest were tempered because interest was a necessary reward for lenders to part with their capital. And interest performs many other vital functions: it encourages people to save; enables them to place a value on precious assets, such as houses and all manner of financial securities; and allows us to price risk.
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Big landscape in time and subjects; Austrian view
- By Philo on 08-29-22
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High Probability Trading
- Take the Steps to Become a Successful Trader
- By: Marcel Link
- Narrated by: Ric Chetter
- Length: 12 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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A common denominator among most new traders is that, within six months of launching their new pursuit, they are out of money and out of trading. High-Probability Trading softens the impact of this "trader's tuition," detailing a comprehensive program for weathering those perilous first months and becoming a profitable trader. This no-nonsense book takes a uniquely blunt look at the realities of trading. Filled with real-life examples and intended for use by both short- and long-term traders, it explores each aspect of successful trading.
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What aspiring traders should read first
- By Stretch on 07-22-22
By: Marcel Link
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Alpha Trader
- The Mindset, Methodology and Mathematics of Professional Trading
- By: Brent Donnelly
- Narrated by: Brent Donnelly
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Trading is a chaotic, complex, and loosely-structured game played by the smartest minds and most expensive computers in the world. It is the ultimate puzzle. Few can trade at an elite level for an extended period. The game is constantly changing and the rules, mechanics, and probabilities are difficult to observe and forever in flux. Just when you think you’ve got a plan: BAM.
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Nothing special
- By JM on 04-09-24
By: Brent Donnelly
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Option Volatility and Pricing
- Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques
- By: Sheldon Natenberg
- Narrated by: Douglas Martin
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The best-selling Option Volatility & Pricing has made Sheldon Natenberg a widely recognized authority in the option industry. Clear, concise, and comprehensive, the second edition of Option Volatility & Pricing is sure to be an important addition to every option trader's library - as invaluable as Natenberg's acclaimed seminars at the world's largest derivatives exchanges and trading firms.
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No chapter titles
- By Robert Lachaussee on 07-01-21
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Hedge Fund Market Wizards
- How Winning Traders Win
- By: Jack D. Schwager
- Narrated by: Clinton Wade
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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From best-selling author, investment expert, and Wall Street theoretician Jack Schwager comes a behind-the-scenes look at the world of hedge funds, from 15 traders who've consistently beaten the markets. Exploring what makes a great trader a great trader, Hedge Fund Market Wizards breaks new ground, giving readers rare insight into the trading philosophy and successful methods employed by some of the most profitable individuals in the hedge fund business.
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So much timeless wisdom
- By Rodney Williams on 08-24-20
By: Jack D. Schwager
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My Life as a Quant
- Reflections on Physics and Finance
- By: Emanuel Derman
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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In My Life as a Quant, Emanuel Derman relives his exciting journey as one of the first high-energy particle physicists to migrate to Wall Street. Derman details his adventures in this field - analyzing the incompatible personas of traders and quants, and discussing the dissimilar nature of knowledge in physics and finance. Throughout this tale, he also reflects on the appropriate way to apply the refined methods of physics to the hurly-burly world of markets.
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Captivating story
- By BBCReview on 02-06-23
By: Emanuel Derman
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ALGO TRADING CHEAT CODES
- Techniques For Traders To Quickly And Efficiently Develop Better Algorithmic Trading Systems
- By: Kevin J Davey
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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Algo trading and strategy development is hard, no question. But, does it really have to be so hard? The answer is "NO!" - if you follow the right approach, and get the right advice. Enter Champion Algo Trader Kevin Davey, and his book "Algo Trading Cheat Codes." In this groundbreaking book, Kevin reveals results of his research over millions of strategy backtests. He provides 57 "cheat codes" - tips you can use to build algo strategies faster and with more confidence. Some of the questions answered in this book: Is algo trading getting harder, and if so, what specific things can you do to ...
By: Kevin J Davey
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More Money Than God
- Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite
- By: Sebastian Mallaby
- Narrated by: Alan Nebelthau
- Length: 16 hrs and 4 mins
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The Paul Volker Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations, Washington Post journalist Sebastian Mallaby has garnered New York Times Editor’s Choice and Notable Book honors for his enthralling nonfiction. Bolstered by Mallaby’s unprecedented access to the industry, More Money Than God tells the inside story of hedge funds, from their origins in the 1960s and 1970s to their role in the financial crisis of 2007–2009.
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Valiant effort but lacking analytic horsepower...
- By ND on 01-10-11
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The Laws of Trading
- A Trader's Guide to Better Decision-Making for Everyone
- By: Agustin Lebron
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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All of our relationships and decisions involve trading at some level. This is a book about decision-making through the lens of a professional prop trader. For years, behavioral and cognitive scientists have shown us how human decision-making is flawed and biased. But how do you learn to avoid these problems in day-to-day decisions where you have to react in real-time? What are the important things to think about and to act on?
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Not useful
- By Lonnie G. Hardy, Jr. on 09-16-19
By: Agustin Lebron
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Back to the Futures
- Crashing Dirt Bikes, Chasing Cows, and Unraveling the Mystery of Commodity Futures Markets
- By: Scott Irwin, Doug Peterson
- Narrated by: Stu Ellis
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Want to crack the code of commodity futures markets? Back to the Futures provides a unique and educational perspective on the world of commodity futures markets, shaped by the personal experiences and professional insights of Dr. Scott Irwin, a leading expert in the field.
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Entertaining and educational
- By Nicole on 08-18-24
By: Scott Irwin, and others
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How to Day Trade: The Plain Truth
- By: Ross Cameron
- Narrated by: Ross Cameron
- Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins
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If you want to know the truth about what professional day trading is like—and how to get started with a solid foundation—then this will be the most important book you'll listen to all year. Ross Cameron is the guy who turned an initial investment of $583 into more than $10 million. No, his results aren't typical—and in fact, day trading didn’t come easily to him. This book describes what it's really like to go from knowing nothing about day trading to becoming highly successful at it.
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easy listening audiobook that's well written
- By Nathan on 07-25-24
By: Ross Cameron
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Beat the Dealer
- A Winning Strategy for the Game of Twenty-One
- By: Edward O. Thorp
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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Edward O. Thorp is the father of card counting, and in this classic guide, he shares the revolutionary point system that has been successfully used by professional and amateur card players for generations.
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Great Informative Book
- By jacob belanger on 05-02-18
By: Edward O. Thorp
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Material World
- The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization
- By: Ed Conway
- Narrated by: Ed Conway
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Sand, salt, iron, copper, oil, and lithium. These fundamental materials have created empires, razed civilizations, and fed our ingenuity and greed for thousands of years. Without them, our modern world would not exist, and the battle to control them will determine our future. In Material World, Ed Conway embarks on an epic journey across continents, cultures, and epochs to reveal the underpinnings of modern life on Earth—traveling from the sweltering depths of the deepest mine in Europe to spotless silicon chip factories in Taiwan to the eerie green pools where lithium originates.
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Insightful
- By Sam on 01-17-24
By: Ed Conway
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The Dao of Capital
- Austrian Investing in a Distorted World
- By: Mark Spitznagel, Ron Paul
- Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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In The Dao of Capital, hedge fund manager and tail-hedging pioneer Mark Spitznagel - with one of the top returns on capital of the financial crisis, as well as over a career - takes us on a gripping, circuitous journey from the Chicago trading pits, over the coniferous boreal forests and canonical strategists from Warring States China to Napoleonic Europe to burgeoning industrial America, to the great economic thinkers of late 19th century Austria.
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Brilliant
- By Cully on 01-28-22
By: Mark Spitznagel, and others
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The War Below
- Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives
- By: Ernest Scheyder
- Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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The War Below reveals the explosive brawl among industry titans, conservationists, community groups, policymakers, and many others over whether the habitats of rare plants, sensitive ecosystems, Indigenous holy sites, and other places should be dug up for their riches.
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Stuck in Neutral - Environmentalists vs Green Energy Transition
- By Amazon Customer on 02-14-24
By: Ernest Scheyder
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A Man for All Markets
- From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market
- By: Edward O. Thorp, Nassim Nicholas Taleb - foreword
- Narrated by: Edward O. Thorp
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
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The incredible true story of the card-counting mathematics professor who taught the world how to beat the dealer and, as the first of the great quantitative investors, ushered in a revolution on Wall Street.
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A life of a genius
- By Oleksiy Volovik on 05-08-17
By: Edward O. Thorp, and others
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Best Loser Wins
- Why Normal Thinking Never Wins the Trading Game
- By: Tom Hougaard
- Narrated by: Richard Faymonville
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Normal thinking leads to normal results. For exceptional results, traders must think differently. This book will guide and inspire you in ways no other trading book has. It is not about strategies and money management. It is about mind management. Tom Hougaard provides a unique and refreshingly personal account of how an ordinary trader elevated his game to incredible heights by focusing as much on his mental approach as on his technical analysis. Best Loser Wins explains how you, by thinking differently when you are trading, can elevate your game from mediocre to excellent.
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A book for every trader!
- By David I George on 02-26-23
By: Tom Hougaard
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- Philo
- 05-28-21
Bright book, many dimensions, crisply told
It plods at first, as the author takes time to explain methodology and approach, academic-style. But quickly, the narrative takes off and never stops, unpacking all kinds of aspects of its topic. I've read a couple of Leo Melamed's earlier books, and maybe five other books on exchanges and their recent history, but this one covers the same ground and, for its overall clarity and coverage, is head and shoulders over all the others. It is the complete package: energetic and yet crafted with great discipline. It has a virtuoso combination of tech aspects, story and personalities.
One point off for this: there are fairly frequent references to visual aids that are in the print version but not provided here. It is not critical to getting a lot from this work, but it is obvious it would have enhanced it substantially. Alas, the print version at this writing is expensive, so I can live with this "discount."
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-29-23
Distracting narration
The intonation is distracting. The text is interesting and informative. Academic in style, based on interviews.
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- Mil Family
- 08-10-21
meh
the narrator is painful...British....beware.....lot of charts so bad for audiobook....the author refered to all interviews by code letters ...very annoying
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- Jordan
- 08-07-21
Worst Narration I’ve Ever Heard
Wonderful content, destroyed by an absolutely dreadful reading. The vocal inflection is so terrible I couldn’t get through the book via audio. I had to purchase a physical copy to finish the book.
For what it’s worth, I’ve listened to hundreds of audiobooks and never left a review like this. Be warned, the reader is unbearable.
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