Author Archives: Louis Lovas

About Louis Lovas

Director of Solutions, OneMarketData, with over 20 years of experience in developing cutting edge solutions and a leading voice in technology and trends in the Capital Markets industry.

Finding Alpha in Transaction Cost Analysis

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Louis Lovas

Technology is making a sweeping transformation in trading styles as the accelerating use of algorithms creates a more competitive environment for all market participants. Tighter spreads, diminished liquidity and increased volatility are re-defining global markets and thinning margins. This translates … Continue reading →

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OneTick Webinar on leveraging Hadoop MapReduce with OneTick Analytics

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Louis Lovas

OneTick Map-Reduce is a Hadoop based solution combining OneTick’s analytical engine with the MapReduce computational model that can be used to perform distributed computations over large volumes of financial tick data. As a distributed tick data management system, the OneTick … Continue reading →

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Computational Models in OneTick and Hadoop

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Louis Lovas

Cloud computing, it means a lot of different things to different people. There are public, private and hybrid models, yet the variations are endless. A key characteristic of the cloud is rapid elasticity which offers compute power unheard in priory … Continue reading →

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Not Your Granddad’s Spoof

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Louis Lovas

A recent job posting by a major investment bank reads: “Basic qualifications: PhD in Computer Science, specializing in … machine learning … with extensive knowledge of big data technologies … and experience with predictive modeling, natural language processing, and simulation.”  … Continue reading →

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OneMarketData enhances OneTick Cloud global content platform with Tick Data, Inc.

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Louis Lovas

OneMarketData has acquired Virginia-based Tick Data Inc., a trusted and leading provider of historical intraday exchange time series data. Tick Data Inc. will be a wholly owned subsidiary of OneMarketData and will continue to operate from their Virginia offices under the current … Continue reading →

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OneTickCloud: Simplifying Access to Normalized Tick Data for Sophisticated Analysis

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Louis Lovas

As I’m sure most of you have experienced there is an ever increasing need for more data… from domestic markets, international markets, capturing your own order flow, news, and recently sentiment from social media. Regardless of the hype around big … Continue reading →

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Using the cloud to reduce complexity and lower costs for accessing and analyzing tick data

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Louis Lovas

It’s easy to talk about utilizing market data to improve your business, but the mechanics of actually acquiring high quality, normalized, cleansed data in the format that you need have always posed a significant challenge – in human capital, IT infrastructure … Continue reading →

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OneTickCLOUD, Managed Services across Global Markets

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Louis Lovas

The seduction of low-cost yet massive compute power creates overwhelming interest in cloud technology. Momentum is building fast within the trading and investment business to benefit from the $18B cloud computing industry.  In a survey conducted by OneMarketData respondents overwhelmingly … Continue reading →

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Social Sandbox – Where Social Media Meets Market Data

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Louis Lovas

In today’s information age, we often take for granted that breaking news from across the globe will be delivered to our doorstep in an instant. The evolution of the internet has replaced radio, television and print journalism as the primary information … Continue reading →

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Time Advantage to Analytical Inquiry, the value of Visual Data Discovery

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Louis Lovas

How much time do you need to receive, analyse and respond to market events in today’s world of fragmented liquidity? Even if you have the fastest links to exchanges and dark pools, precious time is not taken in data delivery, … Continue reading →

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