Oct 1st, 2009 | High Frequency Trading survey

Should high frequency trading be outlawed?


High frequency trading consists of using highly sophisticated computers and algorithms to perform a large number of trades in micro seconds, profiting from tiny shifts in rates that normal investors can't grasp. While mostly legal, it's considered a gray area in stock trading.


Should high frequency trading be outlawed?


By Pickerupper
20 votes, 70 views , 1 comment
 
 
Poll tags:High Frequency Trading, Stock Market, Trading, Money, Commodities, Market

 
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Gidget65
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Gidget65
Tennessee, United States

posted Oct 24th, 2009 at 00:05 CDT

I think that why the economy is in the shape that it is now.
 
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