high-frequency trading
noun [mass noun] Stock Market
A type of algorithmic trading in which large volumes of shares are bought and sold automatically at very high speeds: according to some estimates, high-frequency trading accounts for 60 to 70 per cent of all trades in US stocks...
- High-frequency trading may benefit small investors who use mutual funds.
- Some also question whether high-frequency trading does in fact provide all the liquidity its defenders claim.
- Goldman has said that high-frequency trading accounts for less than 1 per cent of overall group revenue.
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high-frequency trader
- High-frequency traders are looking for tiny price differences, Sauter adds.
- Last month, SEC chairman Mary Schapiro announced that the commission is considering charging high-frequency traders for cancelled trades.
- Regulators in the U.S. and Europe have fined high-frequency traders for using the system to manipulate prices.
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