Algorithmic trading allows investors to execute their trading strategy, which can involve trading multiple securities in separate markets at a fraction of a second. Algorithmic trading is typically ...

Every minute the stock market is open, tens of thousands of transactions occur. Some of them happen when investors hit the buy or sell button. However, a majority of them happen automatically, through ...

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High-frequency trading (HFT) has become increasingly popular in big corporations. This algorithmic, automated approach has made big money for traders, and has caused waves in many markets. Some have ...

This is the second in a series of blog posts on MiFID II(Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II). If you missed the first post, seeMiFID II: How Did We Get Here and What Does it Mean?Continuing ...

Using algorithms, supercomputing power, and low-latency trading technologies, high-frequency trading (HFT) seeks to take advantage of market price inefficiencies in order to make a profit. HFT is a ...

In North America and Europe, high-frequency trading (HFT) has been put under the microscope. Flash crashes—the most recent of which befell the British pound on October 7—price volatility, heaps of ...

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Growth of low latency and algorithmic trading is continuing in the Chinese market despite regulatory limits on high-frequency trading on the country's futures exchanges, according to Alec Chan, sales ...

While high-frequency trading has become a staple in today’s trading markets influencing prices, their might be another way to combat them aside from buying fast computers or using microwave ...