Basics of Algorithmic Trading
Algorithmic trading (automated trading or simply algo-trading) is the process of using computers programmed to follow a defined set of instructions for placing a trade in order to generate profits at a speed and frequency that is impossible for a human trader. The defined sets of rules are based on timing, price, quantity or any mathematical model. Apart from profit opportunities for the trader, algo-trading makes markets more liquid and makes trading more systematic by ruling out emotional human impacts on trading activities.
Algo-trading provides the following benefits:
• Trades executed at the best possible prices
• Instant and accurate trade order placement (thereby high chances of execution at desired levels)
• Trades timed correctly and instantly, to avoid significant price changes
• Reduced transaction costs
• Simultaneous automated checks on multiple market conditions
• Reduced risk of manual errors in placing the trades
• Backtest the algorithm, based on available historical and real time data
• Reduced possibility of mistakes by human traders based on emotional and psychological factors
The greatest portion of present day algo-trading is high frequency trading (HFT), which attempts to capitalize on placing a large number of orders at very fast speeds across multiple markets and multiple decision parameters, based on pre-programmed instructions.
Algo-trading is used in many forms of trading and investment activities, including:
• Mid to long term investors who purchase in stocks in large quantities but do not want to influence stocks prices with discrete, large-volume investments.
• Short term traders and sell side participants benefit from automated trade execution; in addition, algo-trading aids in creating sufficient liquidity for sellers in the market.
• Systematic traders find it much more efficient to program their trading rules and let the program trade automatically.
Algorithmic trading provides a more systematic approach to active trading than methods based on a human trader's intuition or instinct.
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