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  • 02 Sep 2011 at 1:50 PM

SEC Is Going To Take Your High Frequency Trading Algorithm, Run It On A Commodore 64, See If It Crashes The Market

By Matt Levine

After decades of responding to tips about fraud by writing notes on napkins and then throwing them away, the Securities and Exchange Commission finally got itself some computers and is excited to put them to use. Legitimate use. First up: figure out if maybe the computers are in fact the problem.
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  • Tags: algorithms, high frequency trading, SEC, secret sauce

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  • 29 Mar 2011 at 1:53 PM

Man Group’s Computer Driven Algorithms Prove Not So Airtight

By Bess Levin

The firm’s flagship fund has lost $2 billion over the past month as a result of a “bullishly positioned portfolio.” Continue reading »

  • Tags: algorithms, earthquakes, Japan, Man Group, that's gonna leave a mark, tsunamis

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