All About High-Frequency Trading

by Michael Durbin (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $26.12

  A DETAILED PRIMER ON TODAY'S MOST SOPHISTICATED AND CONTROVERSIAL TRADING TECHNIQUE

  Unfair . . . brilliant . . . illegal . . . inevitable. High-frequency trading has been described in many different ways, but one thing is for sure--it has transformed investing as we know it.

  All About High-Frequency Trading examines the practice of deploying advanced computer algorithms to read and interpret market activity, make trades, and pull in huge profi ts-all within milliseconds. Whatever your level of investing expertise, you'll gain valuable insight from All About High-Frequency Trading's sober, objective explanations of:

  • The markets in which high-frequency traders operate
  • How high-frequency traders profi t from mispriced securities
  • Statistical and algorithmic strategies used by high-frequency traders
  • Technology and techniques for building a high-frequency trading system
  • The ongoing debate over the benefi ts, risks, and ever-evolving future of high-frequency trading