Explainer: the good, the bad, and the ugly of algorithmic trading
- Written by Marco Navone, Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Technology Sydney
Data and algorithms are an integral part of modern trading.ShutterstockAlgorithms are taking a lot of flak from those in financial circles. They’ve been blamed for a recent flash crash in the British pound and the greatest fall in the Dow in decades. They’ve been called a cancer and linked to insider trading.
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