Using algorithms, supercomputing power, and low-latency trading technologies, high-frequency trading (HFT) seeks to take advantage of market price inefficiencies in order to make a profit. HFT is a ...

In North America and Europe, high-frequency trading (HFT) has been put under the microscope. Flash crashes—the most recent of which befell the British pound on October 7—price volatility, heaps of ...

High-frequency trading, or HFT, has graduated from the sole domain of institutions with powerful technology to retail traders trying to emulate their success. The growth of personal computing power, ...

High-frequency trading (HFT) is an intriguing and controversial technological development. It is on the brink of the next leap forward with quantum computing enabling transaction speeds previously ...

In the rapid-fire online world of money, High-Frequency Trading (HFT) is among the most revolutionizing creations of the times. Once limited to traditional stock exchanges, HFT has discovered a fresh ...

In its latest blog, Modern Markets Initiative discusses how the presence of high-frequency traders is not a surprise in other asset classes as some might be led to believe. “The use of high frequency ...

Most recent routs in the U.S. financial markets have prompted an outpouring of angst. Detractors of high-frequency trading (HFT) were particularly up in arms about the market downturn, which many of ...

The NY Times has blown the cover off the dark art known as "HFT", or "High-Frequency Trading", perhaps without knowing it. It was July 15, and Intel, the computer chip giant, had reporting robust ...

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020. U.S. equities swung between gains and losses as investors digested fresh evidence of the ...

Fidelity Investments said on Thursday it is exploring the creation of a new trading venue with other asset managers, as regulators investigate the controversial practice of high-frequency trading.