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Virtu Financial, the high frequency trading firm whose initial public offering of stock was caught in the unexpected firestorm that was the book “Flash Boys” by Michael Lewis, is reviving the IPO plan they shelved last year amid controversy, is seeking $100 million.
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.
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Those that follow my personal account on Twitter will be familiar with my weekly S&P 500 #ChartStorm in which I pick out 10 charts on the S&P 500 to... Read More
