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Financial Bestseller Knightmare on Wall Street Most Favorably Reviewed Hardcover Book on Amazon in 2 !

" with # Stars Edgar Perez, Author, The Speed Traders, and Course Director, The Speed Traders Workshop, Introduces Knightmare on Wall Street, The Rise and all o! Knight Capital and the "iggest Risk !or inancial #arkets, a "ehind$the$scenes %ook at Knight Capital&s '( )ears o! Tumultuous E*istence as an Independent Compan)+ $ew %ork& $%& 'nited States& March ! & 2 !( )) Knightmare on Wall Street, The Rise and Fall of Knight Capital and the Biggest Risk for Financial Markets, the new book by dgar !ere", former McKinsey cons#ltant and a#thor of The Speed Traders $http%&&www'TheSpeedTraders'com(, is now the most fa)orably re)iewed hardco)er book ohttp%&&www'prfree'org&news*financial*bestseller* knightmare*on*wall*street*most*fa)orably*re)iewed*hardco)er*book*+,-./'htmln 0ma"on in ,123, with an a)erage rating of 4 o#t of fi)e stars' Knightmare on Wall Street pro)ides a fascinating acco#nt of what it took to ele)ate Knight Capital to the c#sp of the retail in)esting re)ol#tion of the late 2..1s, to str#ggle thro#gh booms and b#sts, and to bring the firm down, to end #p #ltimately being ignominio#sly bo#ght #p by a competitor' Readers disco)er a thrilling min#te*by*min#te acco#nt of the terrifying ho#rs following Knight Capital5s 0#g#st 2, ,12, trading debacle, with news*breaking research regarding the firm5s 2+ years of t#m#lt#o#s e6istence as an independent company' 0s commented by Seeking 0lpha, the style of the a#thor of Knightmare on Wall Street $http%&&www'KnightmareonWallStreet'com( is 7imaginati)e, and keeps the reader8s interest ali)e thro#gho#t the book' 9t will s#rely be interesting and #sef#l, partic#larly for those who follow or are interested in the world of finance' 9 think the book is a great read, and wo#ld recommend it' Knight Capital, the firm fo#nded by Kenneth !asternak and Walter Ra:#et back in 2..4, had seen its fort#nes change as ;'S' reg#lators made a series of changes in the str#ct#re of financial markets and comp#ters were progressi)ely e6panding their share of trading' The Flash Crash, the infamo#s 2,111 point drop of the <=90 on May >, ,121 $the largest one*day point decline in history(, ill#strated how market str#ct#re problems co#ld almost instantaneo#sly cascade from one market participant to the rest' ?n <ecember 2., ,12,, the board decided to accept an ac:#isition proposal from @ TC? rather than Airt# Financial' For @ TC?, ac:#iring Knight Capital represented a gigantic fast forward step' For Knight Capital, it was the end of its wild ride as an independent entity' Mr' !ere" $http%&&www'Mr dgar!ere"'com( is widely regarded as the preeminent global e6pert in the speciali"ed area of high*fre:#ency trading' Be is a#thor of The Speed Traders, 0n 9nsider5s Cook at the Dew Bigh*Fre:#ency Trading !henomenon That is Transforming the 9n)esting World, p#blished in nglish by Mc@raw*Bill 9nc' $,122(, , p#blished in Mandarin by China Financial !#blishing Bo#se $,12,(, and 9n)estasi S#per Kilat% !andangan ?rang dalam tentang Fenomena Bar# Frek#ensi Tinggi yang Mentransformasi <#nia 9n)estasi, p#blished in Bahasa 9ndonesia by Kompas @ramedia $,12,(' Mr' !ere" is co#rse director of The Speed Traders Workshop, Bow Bigh Fre:#ency Traders Ce)erage !rofitable Strategies to Find 0lpha in :#ities, ?ptions, F#t#res and FE $Bong Kong, Sao !a#lo, Seo#l, K#ala C#mp#r, Warsaw, Kie), Dew Fork, Singapore, BeiGing, Shanghai(' Be contrib#tes to China5s 9nternational Finance Dews and Sina Finance and The Dew Fork Times' Mr' !ere" has been inter)iewed on CDBC8s S:#awk on the Street, Worldwide 6change, Cash Flow and S:#awk Bo6, F?E B;S9D SS8s Co#ntdown to the Closing Bell and 0fter the Bell, Bloomberg TA8s Market Makers, CDD en spaHol8s <inero, Sina Finance, BDD8s B#siness <ay, CCTA China, Bankier'pl, TheStreet'com, Ceaderonomics, @!W Media, Channel Dews0sia8s B#siness Tonight

and Cents I Sensibilities' 9n addition, Mr' !ere" has been globally feat#red on FEFactor, Col#mbia B#siness, ?penMarkets, Soh#, Dews'Sina'com, Ficai, eastmoney, CaiGing, TF//'com, 3>1doc, 0B Radio, CDF?C'com, C9T9CS F#t#res, Tong6in Sec#rities, JhiCheng'com, CBDweek'com, Cai6in, F#t#res <aily, Einh#a, CBD Dewswire, Chinese Financial Dews, ifeng'com, 9nternational Finance Dews, he6#n'com, Finance'KK'com, Finance'Sina'com, The Korea Times, The Korea Berald, The Star, The Malaysian 9nsider, BMF /.'., iMoney Bong Kong, CDBC, Bloomberg Bedge F#nd Brief, The Wall Street =o#rnal, The Dew Fork Times, <allas Morning Dews, Aalor conLmico, F9E@lobal Trading, T?<0F ?nline, ?riental <aily Dews and B#siness Times' Mr' !ere" has been engaged to present at the Co#ncil on Foreign Relations, Aadym Betman Kyi) Dational conomic ;ni)ersity $Kie)(, K#ant 9n)estment I BFT S#mmit 0!0C ,12, $Shanghai(, ;'S' Sec#rities and 6change Commission $Washington <C(, CF0 Singapore, Bong Kong Sec#rities 9nstit#te, Co#rant 9nstit#te of Mathematical Sciences at Dew Fork ;ni)ersity, ;ni)ersity of 9nternational B#siness and conomics $BeiGing(,B#lt 9nternational B#siness School $Condon and Shanghai( and !ace ;ni)ersity $Dew Fork(, among other p#blic and pri)ate instit#tions' 9n addition, Mr' !ere" has spoken at a n#mber of global conferences, incl#ding9nside Market <ata ,123 $Chicago(, merging Markets 9n)estments S#mmit ,123 $Warsaw(, CM @ro#pMs@lobal Financial Ceadership Conference ,12, $Daples Beach(, Bar)ard B#siness School5s Aent#re Capital I !ri)ate :#ity Conference $Boston(, Bigh*Fre:#ency Trading Ceaders For#m $Dew Fork, Chicago, Condon(,M9T Sloan 9n)estment Management Conference $Cambridge(, 9nstit#tional 9n)estor5s @lobal @rowth Markets For#m $Condon(, Technical 0nalysis Society $Singapore(, TradeTech 0sia $Singapore(, F9E@lobal Face,Face$Seo#l( and !ri)ate :#ity Con)ention R#ssia, C9S I #rasia $Condon(' Mr' !ere" was a )ice president at Citigro#p, a senior cons#ltant at 9BM, and a strategy cons#ltant at McKinsey I Co', the 0merican global management cons#lting firm that foc#ses on sol)ing iss#es of concern to senior managementN the firm ser)es as an ad)iser to b#sinesses, go)ernments, and instit#tions aro#nd the world' McKinsey is widely considered to be the most prestigio#s management cons#lting firm in the world, with o)er 211 offices in >1 co#ntries' Mr' !ere" $http%&&twitter'com&mredgarpere"( has an #ndergrad#ate degree from ;ni)ersidad Dacional de 9ngenierOa, Cima, !er# $2..-(, a Master of 0dministration from ;ni)ersidad S0D, Cima, !er# $2..+( and a Master of B#siness 0dministration from Col#mbia B#siness School, Dew Fork, with a d#al maGor in Finance and Management $,11,(' Be belongs to the Beta @amma Sigma honor society' Mr' !ere" resides in the Dew Fork City area and is an accomplished salsa and h#stle dancer' *ontact+ =#lia !etro)a ,dgar -erez& .nc/ ,41 Aesey St', Dew Fork, DF, 21,/2 -2-*3>+*/>+1 Gpetro)aPthespeedtradersworkshop'com http%&&www'mredgarpere"'com

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