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Thanks for the reply but I'm actually referring to those intercom boxes that flow traders usually have in front of them to talk to various brokers with the press of a button.

Hi, I posted this in the hardware section but didn't get any response. Since this is related to trading OTC options, this might be the next best place to post it. Here was my query: Hello, I'm helping a small trading firm set up an options trading desk. As most of the market they'll be...

Hello, I'm helping a small trading firm set up an options trading desk. As most of the market they'll be trading in is OTC through brokers, we need to get one of those squawk (voice) boxes to talk to the brokers. I was wondering whether the broker provides these boxes to us or do we have to go...

thanks for the link. I'm quite familiar with execution speeds etc. I was just curious as to how fast do trading firms' option pricing algos work. In other words, how long does the program take to process new information and spit out a new quote. The bottle-neck is in no way execution since this...

currently developing an auto-quoter and needed a benchmark. computer will be colocated. what are some of the other factors? i believe the top firms use GPUs to do the option pricing analytics. i'm curious to know when their algo does decide to change quotes, how fast can they do that. thanks

anyone? please?

How fast can options market makers update their quotes after there has been a change in the underlying futures? Firms like Getco etc can send a quote in microseconds but this involves getting the new futures price, processing the new data and sending out an updated quote. I'd saying a few...