Computerized and High-Frequency Trading

Forthcoming, The Financial Review, May 2014, Vol. 49, No. 2

35 Pages Posted: 18 Jan 2014

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Michael A. Goldstein

Babson College - Finance Division

Pavitra K. Kumar

The Brattle Group

Frank C Graves

The Brattle Group

Date Written: January 15, 2014

Abstract

The use of computers to execute trades, often with very low latency, has increased over time, resulting in a variety of computer algorithms executing electronically targeted trading strategies at high speed. We describe the evolution of increasingly fast automated trading over the past decade and some key features of its associated practices, strategies, and apparent profitability. We also survey and contrast several studies on the impacts of such high-speed trading on the performance of securities markets. Finally, we examine some of the regulatory questions surrounding the need, if any, for safeguards over the fairness and risks of high-speed, computerized trading.

Keywords: High-frequency Trading, HFT, Algorithmic Trading, High Speed Trading, Market Liquidity, Market Efficiency, Price Volatility, Market Regulation

JEL Classification: G10, G12, G14, G15, G18, G19, G20, G23, G28, G29

Suggested Citation

Goldstein, Michael A. and Kumar, Pavitra K. and Graves, Frank C, Computerized and High-Frequency Trading (January 15, 2014). Forthcoming, The Financial Review, May 2014, Vol. 49, No. 2, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2379842 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2379842

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Pavitra K. Kumar

The Brattle Group ( email )

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Frank C Graves

The Brattle Group ( email )

44 Brattle Street
3rd Floor
Cambridge, MA 02138-3736
United States

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