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84% of all stock trades are by high-frequency computers… only 16% by humans
As of 2010, 50-70% of all stock trades were done by high frequency trading computer algorithms. And many other asset classes are dominated by high frequency trading as well: High-frequency trading...
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High-frequency trading out of control on Wall Street
Wednesday morning’s stock snafu had a familiar ring to it — mysterious volume in trades that simply could not have been made by a human comes surging out of nowhere, causing brief but acute market...
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Australian stock market rigged: top insider speaks out!!
A key executive of one of Australia’s largest retail stock brokers has blown the lid on what he calls the “market rigging” which is taking place on the Australian stock exchanges. He was commenting...
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Are the day trading HFT algos literally the only ones left in the silver market?
If the first three days of this week are any indication, the HFT algo day trading bots are literally the only traders left in the silver futures market. We understand we’re in the dog-days of summer,...
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US government developing ultimate cyber weapon
The U.S. government is making steady progress on a game-changing technology that would give it the most powerful weapon ever devised in the realm of cyber warfare and information dominance. The weapon...
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Share wars: how the robots are robbing you
The prevalence of computer-generated trading in the modern sharemarket has created an unpredictable, and sometimes dangerous, environment for investors. ‘The problem is that the computers queue-jump.’...
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One algorithm made up 4% of all trading last week and no one knows where it...
No one knows where it came from, or what it was meant to do, but 4% of all trading in the U.S. stock market last week was executed by one algorithm, CNBC reports. Nanex, a market data firm, told CNBC...
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Australians speak out against high-frequency trading on the ASX
The rise in algorithmic and high frequency trading (HFT) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and global stock exchanges has raised considerable alarm among investors, analysts and other market...
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Facebook knows your secrets: ‘Likes’ reveal users’ personality
Facebook’s ‘like’ button can reveal more than you realize, a new study has showed. By liking posts and links, you may be revealing personal secrets, like your sexuality or religious and political...
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Bitcoin ‘glitch’ sparks 23% flash crash
While we are used to seeing insta-crashes in our highly-regulated and trustworthy equity markets, the unregulated digital world of Bitcoins suffered another flash-crash last night. According to Ars...
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