Chat With Traders

075: Dan Aisen – The Mechanics of a Dark Pool, and a Quest to Make Markets “Fair” w/ IEX Co-Founder

Jun 2, 2016
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
2
How I Got My Foot Wet in Financial Markets
03:31 • 2min
3
How Rob and I Built Algorithms for Trading
06:01 • 2min
4
How Brad Rebuilt RBC's Trading Platform From Scratch
07:39 • 4min
5
How Thor Algorithms Solved the Problem of Fast Trading
11:31 • 2min
6
How I Left RBC to Start IEX
13:33 • 3min
7
How Thor Invented a Stock Exchange
16:41 • 2min
8
The Differences Between IEX and Other Exchanges
18:56 • 2min
9
IEX's Transition From Dark Pool to Exchange
21:23 • 2min
10
How to Be a Successful Quantitative Developer at Ix
22:59 • 3min
11
What Is a Smart Router?
25:37 • 2min
12
The Evolution of the Markets
27:32 • 4min
13
How to Tell if the Next Tick Is Going to Be $10
31:08 • 4min
14
IEX's Speed Bump
35:32 • 2min
15
How Long Is 350 Microseconds?
37:16 • 3min
16
Why an Institutional Investor Chooses to Trade in a Dark Pool
40:23 • 4min
17
How Much Volume Is Traded in a Dark Pool?
44:33 • 3min
18
E-Trade's Payment for Order Flow
47:36 • 5min
19
The Negative Effect of Dark Pools on Trading
52:23 • 4min
20
The Benefits of Filing for Exchange Status
55:57 • 2min
21
The Pros and Cons of Filing for Exchange Status
57:43 • 3min
22
How to Approve IEX as an Exchange
01:01:09 • 2min
23
Chat With Traders: Part 2
01:03:28 • 3min