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Follow the blogs of our expert Stefan Schlamp, Head of Quantitative Analytics, about recent trends and developments in the market.

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  1. Stefan's blog: Private-First Latency Analysis

    Jun 4, 2025

    The CME operates on the private-first principle. The private fill messages to individual participants are sent before the trade update in the ... More

  2. Stefan's blog: Adverse Selection Safe Space

    Jun 4, 2025

    The public market data disseminated lets us identify a sizable subset of retail orders hitting Xetra. Considering that retail only comprises a ... More

  3. Stefan's blog: Uno Reverse Card - M&A Edition

    May 20, 2025

    I stumbled across this fantastic paper (SSRN link) which looked at the VW/Porsche merger/takeover saga in detail. In particular it detailed the ... More

  4. Stefan's blog: What Is Rheiner Up To?

    May 12, 2025

    I am told that the defense company Rheinmetall (ticker: RHM) is the German equivalent to GameStop at the moment. The stock is endearingly referred ... More

  5. Stefan's blog: Synthetic Match Paths

    May 6, 2025

    It's been almost exactly two years since my last article on synthetic matching. Time for a refresher and a different viewing angle. More

  6. Stefan's blog: 35% Market Orders

    Apr 29, 2025

    I am not a fan of market orders - this includes stop orders. Nobody would ever go to an auction (car, art, whatever) and keep bidding no matter what? More

  7. Stefan's blog: The Bund U-Churn

    Apr 23, 2025

    The average US share changes hands approximately once per year and less than that for the average German share. Futures play in a different league. More

  8. Stefan's blog: No Guts, No Glory - Biggest Trades 2025Q1

    Apr 15, 2025

    It is that time of the year again to reveal the list of the largest and deepest trade of the previous quarter. More

  9. Stefan's blog: Battle for Pole - Episode 3

    Apr 7, 2025

    The truce that had lasted for 2-years has been broken. It started in April when the leader - without clear need - reduced his latency and extended ... More

  10. Stefan's blog: Shortwave Data Will Go the Way of the Dodo

    Apr 3, 2025

    Just like the first Chicago to New York microwave links came online just months after the Spread Network fiber connecting the two trading hubs ... More

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