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Transmission latency in forex
Written by Mikhail Kopytine   
Friday, 20 November 2009 17:49

On Friday, November 20, 2009, a reader sent us the following question:

What is your view on the impact of latency on forex trading? For instance, the network bringing the data and executing the trades, and the impact of transmission latency on this.

As you are probably aware, there is a lot of work taking place in the equities space at reducing latency on networks to deliver higher profits through getting a better price sooner than the competition.

I'd be interested to hear if you had looked into this at all in your research.

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Mikhail Kopytine gives an interview to Forex Hunter Blog
Written by Forex Automaton   
Wednesday, 18 November 2009 14:11

This interview appeared in the Forex Hunter Blog during that blog's brief but stormy life in November 2009. With Forex Hunter's permission, we reproduce it here.

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"Am I missing anything here?" -- asks our reader about GBP/USD
Written by Mikhail Kopytine   
Tuesday, 17 February 2009 14:53

On Friday, February 12, 2009, a reader sent us the following question:

Hi,
Can you or anyone please explain why the British Pound is doing so badly against the Yankee Dollar? All we here on US television is doom and gloom on the US economy and huge "Bail outs" to save the US economy but I do not here of the same problems in the UK...........am I missing anything here?

In general we try to stay away from macroeconomics per se, regarding it  a subject too far off in the "liberal arts" area for the hard quantitative nature of this site, but since you're asking specifically -- here goes our opinion.

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Historical LIBOR charts archive
Written by Mikhail Kopytine   
Friday, 24 October 2008 16:08

There is quite a shortage of good historical LIBOR interest rates data charts with a selection of currencies and maturities on the net. ForexAutomaton.com has a new section for just that: find historical LIBOR charts sorted by currency, loan duration and year on our site. These are essentially graphical "dumps" of our SQL database, based on the official BBA LIBOR archive. Use the Filter feature of the list to find the data you need.

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Free magazine subscriptions for finance professionals
Written by Mikhail Kopytine   
Sunday, 29 June 2008 03:50

Our partner TradePub.com offers a selection of a few dozen magazines for finance professionals to subscribe to. These are available to the US residents but some may be available in Europe, Canada or Mexico. Most of the stuff is free if you qualify, but they need you to fill out a form with questions like company name, address and a few marketing questions. The magazines and white papers cover a range of topics from real-estate business to high-end life style and enjoying wealth -- if you dare to sign-up to a free magazine on the latter subject!

TradePub.com frequently update their offers. To stay up-to-date, subscribe to their RSS feed for finance professionals.

 

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Total borrowings explode
Written by Mikhail Kopytine   
Saturday, 07 June 2008 13:09
borrowing in the new millenium

Vertical axis: Total borrowings of depository institutions from the Federal Reserve, in $ billions. Horizonatal axis: date in MM-YY format. Data released by St Louis Fed 2008/06/06.

A picture to illustrate how extraordinary the present situation is -- disturbing indeed.

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