Fd Technologies Public Share Discussion Threads

[moorsie2] 10/10/2017 08:54

Here's hoping that they pick up at least one of the 3 awards on Thursday night and regardless get lots of great PR and coverage

[moorsie2] 02/10/2017 07:34

Sitting nicely to push on in this key month before results. Also the company is up for 3 awards at the AIM awards on 12th October including entrepreneur of the year for their CEO.

As for the share split - I think there will be enough advisors in the room on the 12th to advise on that. Personally I don't see that as a big driver in share price as it is already on a high PE. The key issue will be the update of profit generation and the development of the new markets with the fantastic Kx technology

[mach100] 27/9/2017 19:49

£30 back and looks like we can go yet higher. Moorsie, any views on whether a share split would be to our advantage? I think the high price per share creates volatility in terms of jumps or falls. It must deter smaller PI's though who want to trade it as you don't get so many shares for your smaller basket of buys.

[moorsie2] 19/9/2017 06:45

And here's the reason why MMs have walked the prices back up these last few days! An exciting new potential revenue stream utilising the capability of Kx. That acquisition of Kx has transformed this company!!

19 September 2017



First Derivatives plc

("FD" or the "Group")



Major Machine Learning Investment in Kx Technology



FD (AIM:FDP.L, ESM:FDP.I) announces a range of initiatives to put machine learning (ML) capabilities at the heart of future development for the Group's Kx technology, in direct response to increasing interest from current and potential customers. The measures announced today will accelerate delivery of pipeline opportunities in software and consulting and provide access to an increased pool of ML specialists to help increase traction in this rapidly growing area.



Machine learning is an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that allows computer systems to use algorithms to adapt to enable better outcomes, based on data rather than explicit programming. Kx technology, incorporating the market-leading in memory time series database kdb+, is able to rapidly process vast quantities of data using less computing resource than competing technologies and is therefore ideally placed to enable adoption of ML across multiple industries and use cases. IDC estimates that the market for ML-related technology will increase from $12.5 billion in 2017 to more than $46 billion in 2020.



The Group has already received considerable interest from existing and potential customers in areas such as Capital Markets, IIOT, Retail and Digital Marketing with a view to harnessing the power of Kx for ML purposes. The Group is in the process of recruiting a team of ML experts with extensive commercial experience of implementing AI solutions in finance and other industries and who have worked with teams including Deepmind.



These ML experts will be supplemented by additional Kx senior technical resources to exploit this exciting commercial opportunity. It is expected that, as part of the development effort, interfaces will be created to enable Kx to accelerate processing and deliver real-time capabilities to ML applications developed using other technologies. The initiative will be led by Mark Sykes, a member of the Group's executive committee.



To meet the expected demand for ML and AI consultancy the Group has signed an agreement with Brainpool, a specialist consultancy with 130 ML engineers working across commercial and academic institutions. These specialists have domain expertise in a variety of industries. Brainpool's consultants will receive training in the core Kx technology and will be able to work as part of Kx project teams assembled to deliver the benefits of ML to the Group's customers.



Peter Bebbington, Chief Technical Officer of Brainpool, commented: "Machine learning is a key part of the drive to introduce artificial intelligence into enterprises to deliver automation, maximise efficiencies and generate value. Our agreement with FD will support the proliferation of Kx, an important enabling technology, to enable this transformation."



Brian Conlon, Chief Executive Officer of Kx, commented: "The interest from current and potential customers in using Kx for machine learning reinforces our belief that our technology has a major enabling role to play in supporting the development of ML and AI technology. The measures we have announced today will allow Kx to power real-time, mission critical ML applications and support our drive to position Kx across multiple industries."

[mach100] 18/9/2017 21:12

Hope you are right Moorsie. Your predictions have been on the money so far. FDP is definitely worth £33 so perhaps the interims will justify the extra £2 on top. Having bounced nicely from recent lows it would be nice to get over £30 again so we can position ourselves for the results.

[moorsie2] 18/9/2017 14:33

Getting walked back up on very small volumes.

Half year results were out on 1st November last year - so maximum 6 weeks to results. According to LinkedIn and the web they seem to be hiring record numbers of graduates so prospects and opportunities must be very good. Expect to test 35 by results time

[moorsie2] 05/9/2017 06:55

from 32 to 27.50..... Yet I still expect to see a new share high by end of year. Good entry point for people wanting to take a position in this company

[moorsie2] 30/8/2017 08:00

Half year period finishes tomorrow.

I expect to see this now tick up until results time in mid October..

[moorsie2] 16/8/2017 07:22

Surprisingly little news from the company since results were released 3 months ago today.

They should give more regular updates on contract wins etc

[moorsie2] 04/8/2017 15:45

it is the usual shake out of weak holders and uninformed buyers. Happens regularly.

But these shares are very tightly held so when they move north they move so quickly that it difficult to get back in if you traded out..

[mach100] 04/8/2017 11:38

Fallen below 2800p and most trades centred around 2750 so will be no surprise when it falls again. Still holding all my shares and watching in case it hits £26 ask. That would be 25% undervalued in my book and a screaming buy. The company also seems to surprise to the upside on results so worth buying in in advance of the next update.

[johnroger] 24/7/2017 16:27

180,000 sold this pm and the price ended up?

[moorsie2] 10/7/2017 09:00

I do not expect much action here until late September - trading sideways between 28 and 30.

Build up to half year results in October and managed newsflows will be the things to watch out for. Time to go on holiday and forget about these for a while :)

[flybyknight] 05/7/2017 10:26

Company has been making acquisitions on a 12-18 month time frame over the last few years

The management team appear reluctant to hold cash reserves in the bank, and been happy to acquire new talent or groups to fold into the existing product suite

The last few additions have clearly added shareholder value so why not keep up the same approach and get to 40GBP or the magic 1b

[ I am a big holder so a pinch of salt may be needed with this post ]

[swiss paul] 04/7/2017 20:23

fly that is a strange statement to make - care to elucidate?

[flybyknight] 03/7/2017 13:42

Investing more on this dip me thinks

It has been a while since an acquisition has been made public so expecting news on that front

[algo1] 29/6/2017 08:41

Another kx deployment, with BitCoin this time.http://www.firstderivatives.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Kdb-powers-trading-platform-for-BitMEX.pdf

[flybyknight] 22/6/2017 16:50

Great news.

This must have leaked out and probably explains the recent jump

[algo1] 22/6/2017 16:35

KX and NASA join forces to build an AI platformPosted today on KX.comhttps://kx.com/2017/06/22/kx-technology-seti-institute-teams-nasa-frontier-development-lab-apply-ai-solve-space-related-challenges/

[the big fella] 15/6/2017 14:41

I am not so sure. I have a few of these blue sky stocks on my monitor and there seems to have been a clear shift in momentum recently on pretty much all of them. I am quite happy to sit it out for a while.

[moorsie2] 15/6/2017 13:59

Any lower than 28 and I am in for more

[the big fella] 15/6/2017 13:16

I am waiting for a re- entry point somewhere near £26.

[moorsie2] 15/6/2017 12:39

usual pattern of getting walked down on very small volumes.

I expect this to be the order of things this summer before build upto interims in Oct 2017

[moorsie2] 05/6/2017 15:47

150k shares traded at 31.00 today! Very significant!

[moorsie2] 01/6/2017 11:07

The only question is - how long will it be before it comes a 1 Billion pound enterprise!?