Rob D'Arco, CEO of Rival Systems, will discuss how Rival is leveraging a combination of their ultra low latency trading platform and Big Data analytics.
Event Details
As trading volumes continue to move from the exchange floor to electronic trading platforms professional traders have become increasingly dependent on technology to help sustain their business. In the past the trader with the best location on the trading floor had an edge, markets were wide enough traders could make a profit trading the bid-ask spread, and latency was measured in hundreds of milliseconds. Today the exchange floors are all but gone, bid-ask spreads are a tick wide, and markets move multiple ticks within microseconds. Early adopters of electronic trading were able to leverage technology to beat the competition to the most profitable opportunities by being faster. As the latency of trading systems has normalized over time professional traders are looking to Big Data analytics to gain a competitive advantage.
Rob D'Arco, CEO of Rival Systems, will discuss how Rival is leveraging a combination of their ultra low latency trading platform and Big Data analytics to predict the short term movement in the underlying price and help professional traders gain an edge in the derivatives markets.
$10 Early Bird (more than 1 week prior to event)
$15 Standard Pricing (within 1 week of event)
$20 At the Door
Speaker Profiles
Rob D'Arco (Speaker) '11
CEO, Rival Systems
Robert D'Arco is the CEO of Rival Systems, a derivatives execution and risk management software firm launched in 2015. Rob is responsible for overseeing all operations and technology for the firm. Rob has been able to leverage his Technology and Finance background to build advanced trading systems for over 12 years. Prior to Rival, Rob was the Director of Technology from 2003-2015 for Ronin Capital LLC, a proprietary trading firm in Chicago. At Ronin Rob oversaw the development of the firm's options trading and risk management platform and worked with traders to build automated trading strategies across all asset classes. Prior to working in the trading industry, Rob was a Project Manager for Sapient Corporation from 1999-2002, overseeing global software development projects. He started his career in technology consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where he designed, developed and implemented IT systems for Fortune 500 clients. Rob holds a bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and in 2011 he received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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