Trading at the Speed of Light: How Ultrafast Algorithms Are Transforming Financial Markets

by Donald MacKenzie

Book Overview

A remarkable look at how the growth, technology, and politics of high-frequency trading have altered global financial markets

In today's financial markets, trading floors on which brokers buy and sell shares face-to-face have increasingly been replaced by lightning-fast electronic systems that use algorithms to execute astounding volumes of transactions. Trading at the Speed of Light tells the story of this epic transformation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691217785
• ISBN13: 9780691217789
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"