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What type of effect do you think computer programs designed for trading had on the markets? Good or bad?

Monday, August 18th, 2008
computer programming
guitarman asked:


What % of trades are done automatically on a computer now? It seems as if the stock market can’t fall completely because these computer programs keep boosting it back up. Is a market correction even possible in the day and age of computer programmed trading?

 

What type of effect do you think computer programs designed for trading had on the markets? Good or bad?

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
computer programming
guitarman asked:


What % of trades are done automatically on a computer now? It seems as if the stock market can’t fall completely because these computer programs keep boosting it back up. Is a market correction even possible in the day and age of computer programmed trading?