Tuesday 14 August 2012

Algorithmic Trading in the Headlines

With the spectacular melt down of Knight Capital (resulting in a $440million loss) this week due to a piece of buggy 'dormant' software, the newswires have been alive with talk of HFT and algorithmic trading. Below I pick a selection of the best headlines that are worth a read. How long will this last?


High-frequency trading and the $440m mistake - Tim Harford (BBC News)
Raging Bulls: How Wall Street Got Addicted to Light-Speed Trading - Wired
History of Algorithmic Trading - Bloomberg News (Opinion)

And also a nice little video to explain HFT.

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