Irrational Exuberance: With a New Preface by the Author
by Robert J. Shiller · 15 Feb 2000 · 319pp · 106,772 words
an immediate drop in commission rates, and discount brokers came into being. Technological and organizational changes were also set in motion. Such innovations as the Small Order Execution System, introduced by NASDAQ in 1985, and new order handling rules issued by the SEC in 1997 have resulted in ever lower trading costs. SEC regulations
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“Silly Putty Economy” (Cohen), 74 Simonson, Itamar, 140 Simpson, O. J., 29 Singapore, 5 Singh, Manmohan, 126 Slovic, Paul, 142 Small-firm effect, 183, 184 Small Order Execution System, 39 Smart money, 172–75 Smith, Edgar Lawrence, 193 Smith, Vernon, 244n22 Smoot, Reed, 85–86 Smoot-Hawley tariff, 84–86 Social influence, 149–51
How We Got Here: A Slightly Irreverent History of Technology and Markets
by Andy Kessler · 13 Jun 2005 · 218pp · 63,471 words
spreads without realizing that they are getting 200 HOW WE GOT HERE ripped off. In 1985, the NASDAQ programming wizards cooked up a system called Small Order Execution System, or SOES, so small investors could automatically get trades of 1000 shares or less executed. Almost no Wall Street firm used it. Why bother? Why
Traders at Work: How the World's Most Successful Traders Make Their Living in the Markets
by Tim Bourquin and Nicholas Mango · 26 Dec 2012 · 327pp · 91,351 words
really start to wear you down. Bourquin: Most day traders, when you talk about the early days of day trading, they started out on SOES [Small Order Execution System] and NASDAQ stocks. But you started out trading NYSE stocks. Why? Gordon: The “SOES bandit” style of trading was popular a few years before I
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Bernie Madoff, the Wizard of Lies: Inside the Infamous $65 Billion Swindle
by Diana B. Henriques · 1 Aug 2011 · 598pp · 169,194 words
to improve market making. The story noted: “The first item on the plate will require all OTC market makers to participate in the NASD’s small order execution system (SOES), according to Bernard Madoff, chairman of the SOES committee and founder of the New York broker/dealer bearing his name.” 86 the consequences of
Wall Street Meat
by Andy Kessler · 17 Mar 2003 · 270pp · 75,803 words
traders not answering their phones. Wall Street got sued for not answering phones and the SEC insisted the Street put in a system known as Small Order Execution System, SOES. This automated execution of small orders would lead to day traders and would eventually lead to automated trading systems known as ECNs. These ECN
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answering their phones? It started a bunch of dominoes falling. The Securities and Exchange Commission insisted on the implementation of a system called SOES, or Small Order Execution System. Trades under 1000 shares would be executed automatically at the current market price. Two smart programmers, Jeff Citron and Josh Levine wrote an MS/DOS
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, frauds, axes, ducks—get used to them. If you try to legislate them away, you will end up killing the whole system, just as the Small Order Execution System, SOES, enacted in the name of fairness to small investors, killed liquidity. Reputations trump legislation every day in my book. The tales of Jack and
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Sierra Semiconductor, 83, 102, 126–27 Silicon Graphics, 161, 165 Silicon Systems, 44 Simplot, JR, 61 Sims, Calvin, 60, 62–64 small-cap analyst, 148 Small Order Execution System (SOES), 72, 197–98, 231 Smith, Steve, 6, 11, 20, 43, 51, 66–67, 74–79 Sorell, Michael, 96 Sperry Univac, 55–56 spinning, 184
Broken Markets: How High Frequency Trading and Predatory Practices on Wall Street Are Destroying Investor Confidence and Your Portfolio
by Sal Arnuk and Joseph Saluzzi · 21 May 2012 · 318pp · 87,570 words
of trading participants, collectively called SOES Bandits, was notorious for picking off market makers that were too slow to update their quotes. SOES stood for Small Order Execution System, which the bandits abused. Ironically, SOES was designed to help retail investors get trades done in a timely fashion. SOES Bandits spooked market makers, with
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took the form of rapid volume growth on new electronic communication networks (ECNs), as well as opportunistic use of an automated execution system call the Small Order Execution System, otherwise known as SOES, that was put in place after the crash of 1987. SOES During the 508-point crash on October 19, 1987, when
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
by Michael Lewis · 30 Mar 2014 · 250pp · 87,722 words
phones, and small investors were unable to enter their orders into the market. In response, the government regulators had mandated the creation of an electronic Small Order Execution System so that the little guy’s order could be sent into the market with the press of a key on a computer keyboard, without a
Nerds on Wall Street: Math, Machines and Wired Markets
by David J. Leinweber · 31 Dec 2008 · 402pp · 110,972 words
computers to display prices, but relied on telephones for actual transactions until 1983 with the introduction of the Computer Assisted Execution System (CAES), and the Small Order Execution System (SOES) in 1984. Simultaneous improvements in market data dissemination allowed computers to be used to access quote and trade streams. The specialists at the NYSE
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See also DOT, NASDAQ, NYSE, SuperDOT Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system, 51, 60, 217–218 electronic execution system Computer Assisted Execution System, 66 Small Order Execution System, 66 See also DOT, MarketMind, QuantEx electronic trading. See MarketMind, QuantEx, electronic execution system electricity market - Bits, Bucks and BTUs, 337–339 EMH. See efficient
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ratio, 80, 92, 193 Sharpe, Bill, 38, 98, 122, 130, 155 Shaw, David, 40–41, 67 short portfolio, 120–123 SIC. See Standard Industrial Classification Small Order Execution System, 66 smart meter, 334–336 Smartmoney.com, 46–47 Smith,Vernon, 47 Snider, Steve, 40, 146 social media, 205. See also blog, collective investing, message
High-Frequency Trading: A Practical Guide to Algorithmic Strategies and Trading Systems
by Irene Aldridge · 1 Dec 2009 · 354pp · 26,550 words
for facilitation of the NYSE’s internal operations. Nasdaq’s computer-assisted execution system, available to broker-dealers, was rolled out in 1983, with the small-order execution system following in 1984. While computer-based execution has been available on selected exchanges and networks since the mid-1980s, systematic trading did not gain traction
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by trading stocks all day long, searching out small ticks in price from which they could profit. They often used a Nasdaq network called the Small Order Execution System, or SOES. SOES was set up in 1984 to give small investors quick execution for orders up to 1,000 shares. Since the 1987 market
Crapshoot Investing: How Tech-Savvy Traders and Clueless Regulators Turned the Stock Market Into a Casino
by Jim McTague · 1 Mar 2011 · 280pp · 73,420 words
Dark Pools: The Rise of the Machine Traders and the Rigging of the U.S. Stock Market
by Scott Patterson · 11 Jun 2012 · 356pp · 105,533 words
Trading at the Speed of Light: How Ultrafast Algorithms Are Transforming Financial Markets
by Donald MacKenzie · 24 May 2021 · 400pp · 121,988 words
Trading and Exchanges: Market Microstructure for Practitioners
by Larry Harris · 2 Jan 2003 · 1,164pp · 309,327 words