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Trading at the Speed of Light : How Ultrafast Algorithms Are Transforming Financial Markets /

"Trading at the Speed of Light tells the story of how many of our most important financial markets have transformed from physical trading floors on which human beings trade face-to-face, into electronic systems within which computer algorithms trade with each other. Tracing the emergence of ult...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacKenzie, Donald A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. To the Towers
  • 3. "We'll show you our book. Why won't they?"
  • 4. Dealers, Clients, and the Politics of Market Structure
  • 5. "Not only would I lose my job, I might lose my legs too!"
  • 6. How HFT Algorithms Interact, and How Exchanges Seek to Influence It
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Appendix: A Note on the Literature on HFT
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index