High-frequency Trading Archives

7 04, 2014

The “aggressive cancer” of high-frequency trading
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The “aggressive cancer” of high-frequency trading

Decision Making, Updated posts

The “aggressive cancer” of high-frequency trading

jwmars2016-11-16T10:46:36+00:00April 7th, 2014|Categories: Decision Making, Updated posts|Tags: Collaborability, Democratization, Externalities, High-frequency Trading, Trust|

High-frequency trading makes it apparent that in stock and other financial trading computer decision making is out pacing humans in speed and quality. Three issues spring to mind: (1) The impact of efficiency of markets on collaborability, (2) Our societal relationship with technology and (3) Decision making is shifting from humans to computers.

24 06, 2013

Trading with the speed of light: is it desirable?

jwmars2016-11-16T10:46:42+00:00June 24th, 2013|Categories: Balance Group vs Individual, Collaborability, Collaboration Mechanisms, Decision Making, Externalities, Marketplaces, Mega Trends, Updated posts|Tags: Collaborability, Collaboration Mechanism, Evolution, Externalities, Group vs Individual, Hicks (John), High-frequency Trading, Marketplaces, Robosourcing, Specialization|

A regularly recurring theme at Red Planet Dust is the impact of IT-driven trends on decision-making and robosourcing, marketplaces and exchanges. "High Frequency Trading" is an exemplary example were technology [...]