Bart Chilton, Fresh off Recent Forum Appearance, Wants High Frequency Trading Firms to Register

Oct. 20, 2011 - PRLog -- Golden Networking is inviting this Tuesday October 25th , the most lively audience of high-frequency and quantitative trading professionals to mingle at High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour, http://hfthappyhourchicago.eventbrite.com.  High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour, featured in The Wall Street Journal, has congregated high-frequency (and some low-frequency too) traders, quants, managers, investors and key decision makers for evenings of networking and cocktails.

Earlier this month, Golden Networking successfully held its High Frequency Leaders Forum in Chicago, featuring CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton as the keynote speaker. You can read Mr. Chilton’s speech, entitled Moneyball here.  Now, Golden Networking returns to Chicago for its monthly High Frequency Trading Happy Hour event.

High frequency trading is currently a highly contentious issue, with regulators seeking to clamp down on the industry.

As reported by The Wall Street Journal’s Jacob Bunge, top market regulators of the U.S. and the U.K. this week will discuss the idea of formally registering high-speed electronic trading firms, the chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday, October 11.

Such a move could give regulators a better idea of the identities of the often small firms that use computer-driven strategies to power a big chunk of each day's trade in stocks, futures and options markets.

CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton in recent speeches has raised the idea of registering such firms, which rarely seek out the spotlight and closely guard their trading strategies. CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler, speaking to reporters in Chicago on Tuesday, said that the suggestion would be "on the table" when he joins counterparts for two days of meetings in London later [last] week.

High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour Singapore is produced by Golden Networking, the premier networking community for business executives, entrepreneurs and investors. Upcoming Golden Networking's Forums and Business Receptions include:

•   High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour Chicago (http://hfthappyhourchicago.eventbrite.com), August 23, Chicago

•   High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour Hong Kong (http://hfthappyhourhongkong.eventbrite.com), August 25, Hong Kong

•   High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour Singapore (http://hfthappyhoursingapore.eventbrite.com), August 25, Singapore

•   China Happy Hour New York (http://www.ChinaHappyHour.com), August 30, New York

•   Public Finance Leaders Forum 2011 New York, "Navigating Uncharted Territories After S&P's U.S. Debt Downgrade from its Gilt-Edged AAA Credit Rating" (http://www.PublicFinanceLeadersForum.com), September 9, New York

•   High-Frequency Trading Happy Hour New York (http://www.hfthappyhour.com), September 13, New York City

•   High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Hong Kong , "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumhongkong.eventbrite.com), September, 19-21, Hong Kong

•   High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Chicago, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumchicago.eventbrite.com), October 3-5, Chicago

•   China Leaders Forum 2011 New York, "How American Companies Can Plug into the Chinese Rocket-Propelled Economy?" (http://www.ChinaLeadersForum.com), October 7, New York

•   High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Sao Paulo, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumsaopaulo.eventbrite.com), October 24-26, Sao Paulo, Brazil

•   High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011 Singapore, "How Speed Traders Leverage Cutting-Edge Strategies in the Post-Flash Crash World" (http://hftleadersforumsingapore.eventbrite.com), November 13-15, Singapore