Algorithmic trading ispurchasing or selling stocks and other investment assets via an automated electronic order. In other words, software can be programmed with instructions to buy or sell an asset.

On 26 February 2026, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published a new Supervisory Briefing on Algorithmic Trading in the EU. The briefing draws heavily on insights from ESMA’s 2022 ...

All orders emanating from an API should be treated as an algo order and be subject to control by a stockbroker, capital market regulator SEBI proposes Using API and algo-trade in the same statement is ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Algorithmic trading involves three broad areas of algorithms: execution ...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is now weighing in on all things regarding algorithmic trading. On its website, the European regulator has published a new report that summarizes its viewpoint on ...

With growing client expectations and a constantly developing market landscape, Wesley Bray explores the evolution of algorithmic trading, delving into its use cases, the importance of data and trader ...

This is the third in a series of blog posts on MiFID II (Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II). If you missed the earlier posts, seeMiFID II: How Did We Get Here and What Does it ...

Algo trading has become a popular trading strategy in the forex market. The advent of computers and the internet provided traders with a wealth of information to make investment decisions. Trading ...

The phrase "trading" is used when you and another one agree to exchange what you own for something they possess. A blue jacket, for example, may be traded with someone who has a coat of another hue if ...

Machine learning futures algo trading surges at JP Morgan Peter Ward, global head of futures and options electronic execution at JP Morgan, tells Hayley McDowell that buy-side adoption of its ...