IT Infrastructure for High-Frequency Trading
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Algorithmic trading has becomes a huge proportion of the trades executed on securities exchanges around the world. Reduced transaction costs have faciliated a new generation of trading strategies which depend on computing and network speed. Algorithmic trading also poses a new set of risks and challenges regulators to keep up. This paper reviews the technology infrastructre supporting algorithmic and high-speed trading.
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