SMU and Trading Technologies International, Inc (TT) announced on Tuesday that TT's X_TRADER® software is now being used in the university’s Master of Science in quantitative finance programme within the market micro-structure course curriculum. “Our faculty is delighted to have Trading Technologies software available to incorporate into our curriculum. Students are even more excited about the possibilities for developing and testing trading algorithms on this platform,” stated SMU Programme Director (Joint Master Programme in Quantitative Finance) and Associate Professor of Quantitative Finance Unit Christopher Ting.