Knightmare on Wall Street is the account of the hours following Knight Capital's August 1, 2012 trading disruption which led to a $400 million rescue by Jefferies, Blackstone Group, GETCO, Stifel Financial, TD Ameritrade and Stephens.
Global Electronic Trading Company, an electronic market-making/high-frequency trading firm now merged into KCG Holdings
GETCO |
GETCO trades in over 50 markets in North and South America, Europe and Asia, and is consistently among the top 5 participants by volume on many venues, including the CME, Eurex, NYSE Arca, NYSE Arca Options, BATS, Nasdaq, Nasdaq Options, Chi-X, BrokerTec, and eSpeed.