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Algorithmic Trading

Explores a type of trading that uses powerful computers, running complex mathematical formulas, to generate returns. The benefits, common strategies, and examples of algorithmic trading are outlined.

Algorithmic Trading
  • Algorithmic/Automated Trading Basic Education
  • High-Frequency Trading (HFT)

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  • Basics of Algorithmic Trading: Concepts and Examples

  • Quantitative Analysis (QA) Definition
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    Definition of Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT)

  • Automated Trading Systems: The Pros and Cons

  • How Program Trading Strategies Work

  • Neural Network Definition

  • Coding Your Own Algo-Trading Robot

  • Quantitative Trading Definition
  • Young woman analyzing computer data

    Application Programming Interface (API) Definition
  • Young woman analyzing computer data

    Pick the Right Algorithmic Trading Software

  • Algorithmic Trading Definition

  • How traders use CCI (Commodity Channel Index) to trade stock trends

  • What Is Chaos Theory?

  • Using Genetic Algorithms to Forecast Financial Markets

  • Program Trading Definition

  • Algorithm

  • Arbitrage Trading Program (ATP) Definition

  • Autotrading Definition

  • Entropy

  • Fine Tuning Definition

  • Fuzzy Logic Definition

  • Attribute Bias

  • Package Deal

  • Ultrafast Trading

  • How trading algorithms are created

  • Quants: What They Do and How They've Evolved

  • High-Frequency Trading - HFT Definition

  • What is high-frequency trading?

  • New Alternatives to High-Frequency Trading

  • Understanding High-Frequency Trading Terminology

  • Quote Stuffing

  • High-Speed Data Feed

  • Strategies And Secrets Of High Frequency Trading (HFT) Firms

  • Four Big Risks of Algorithmic High-Frequency Trading

  • The World of High-Frequency Algorithmic Trading

  • Has High Frequency Trading Ruined The Stock Market For The Rest Of Us?
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