The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has published its response to the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) consultation paper proposing amendments to the tick size regime in the EU with reference to third country (or, non-EU) instruments. A summary of the WFE’s response is below: Coordination…
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Market depth, transaction cost, order lifespan, order-to-trade ratio: the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) informed that it has reviewed the initial effects of the European harmonised tick size regime resulting from the new MiFID II framework for markets in financial instruments. This very first reading indicates an overall improvement in market quality. European legislators introduced…
Read moreMoscow Exchange is reporting that from May 30, 2016, it is increasing the tick size from RUB 0.0010 to RUB 0.0025 for FX spot instruments on USD/RUB, EUR/RUB, GBP/RUB, BYR/RUB, KZT/RUB and UAH/RUB currency pairs. The larger tick size was initiated by market participants to facilitate greater liquidity of the Exchange"s order book. On April…
Read moreToday CME Group (NASDAQ: CME) informed us that they've reduced their tick size on EUR/USD futures, so traders can reduce their execution costs. Starting on January 10, CME is officially reducing the minimum price increment for their standard-size EUR/USD futures from 1-pip ($12.50 per contract) to 1/2-pip ($6.25 per contract). Effective Sunday, January 10 (trade date Monday, January 11), the minimum price…
Read morePhil Mackintosh, KCG's Head of Trading Strategy and Analysis has published an analysis called "Who Gets the Short End of the 'Tick?" which examines the Securities and Exchange Commission's pilot program to widen tick sizes in electronic trading. Are dark pools the future across North America?
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