The technology behind machine readable news has become more mature allowing providers to refine their offerings and for high frequency trading firms to use them as a greater part of their quantitative trading strategies. Nicholas Pratt examines what factors a firm must consider when looking to implement machine readable news within their own trading desks and what help may be at hand

Interdealer-broker ICAP’s Jim O’Hagan, Global Product Manager for EBS Market Data, discusses the crucial role historical market data plays in developing more reliable FX trading models and strategies.

Frances Maguire sets out to discover whether the growing demand for application program interfaces (APIs) to enable more automated options trading could pave the way for an ECN-model for FX options.