New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/15/2011 -- Eugene Steele, Managing Partner at Trading Rooms, and FOREX trader with more than 30 years of experience, knows a thing or two about trading. That is why he decided to order 100 copies of The Speed Traders as gifts. Why? The Speed Traders, An Insider's Look at the New High-Frequency Trading Phenomenon That is Transforming the Investing World is "a must have book”, he said. "Full of information of the history of speed in trading and the main players in its development. The future of trading for those that are not long term investors."

Mr. Steele continues: "Trading Rooms provides day traders when they absolutely need speed and more. There are over 500,000 home traders using old computers, slow connections and no one to work with against the big guys. The Speed Traders clearly shows that is a foolish way to trade. We provide fiber optics to the market, the newest fastest custom trading computers, and soon servers at the exchanges. Our growth will make the 800 internet trading rooms a thing of the past. There is a new day in trading and speed is the key. Edgar Perez is the poster child."

The Speed Traders, published by McGraw-Hill Inc., is the most comprehensive, revealing work available on the most important development in trading in generations. High-frequency trading will no doubt play an ever larger role as computer technology advances and the global exchanges embrace fast electronic access. The Speed Traders explains everything there is to know about how today's high-frequency traders make millions—one cent at a time. In this new title, The Speed Traders, Mr. Perez opens the door to the secretive world of high-frequency trading. Inside, prominent figures drop their guard and speak with unprecedented candidness about their trade.

Mr. Perez is widely regarded as the pre-eminent networker in the specialized area of high-frequency trading. He has been featured on CNBC Cash Flow (with Oriel Morrison), TheStreet.com (with Gregg Greenberg) and Channel NewsAsia (with Lin Xue Ling), and engaged as speaker at Harvard Business School’s 17th Annual Venture Capital & Private Equity Conference, High-Frequency Trading Leaders Forum 2011, CFA Singapore, Hong Kong Securities Institute and Waters USA 2011, among other global forums.

Mr. Perez was a vice president at Citigroup, a senior consultant at IBM, and a consultant at McKinsey & Co. in New York City. Mr. Perez has an undergraduate degree from Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima, Peru (1994), a Master of Administration from Universidad ESAN, Lima, Peru (1997) and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, with a dual major in Finance and Management (2002). He belongs to the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. Mr. Perez resides in the New York City area and is an accomplished salsa and hustle dancer.

Mr. Perez is one of the great business networkers and motivators on the lecture circuit; he is available worldwide for the following speaking engagements: Present and Future of High-Frequency Trading, The Real Story behind the "Flash Crash", Networking for Financial Executives, and Business Networking for Success.