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| (HFT).
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| Trading activities using sophisticated technological tools and computer algorithms that generate a large number of daily trades at very fast speeds.
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| Typically at the end of the day there is no open position in the market.
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| Characteristics attributed to HFT are:
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| #Extraordinarily high speed using sophisticated computer programs for generating, routing, and executing orders;
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| #Use of co-location services and individual data feeds offered by exchanges and others to minimize network and other types of time delays;
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| #Very short time-frames for establishing and liquidating positions;
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| #The submission of numerous orders that are cancelled shortly after submission;
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| #Ending the trading day in as flat a position as possible.
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| ==See also ==
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| * [[Algorithmic trading]]
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| * [[Computer based trading]]
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| * [[Day trading]]
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| * [[Investment horizon]]
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Revision as of 14:20, 23 October 2012
Securities which have been admitted for trading on an official exchange.
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