Simpler Algorithmic Trading

Algo-trading provides the following benefits:

✅ Trades are executed at the best possible prices.
✅ Trade order placement is instant and accurate (there is a high chance of ex*****on at the desired levels).
✅ Trades are timed correctly and instantly to avoid significant price changes.
✅ Reduced transaction costs.
✅ Simultaneous automated checks on multiple market conditions.
✅ Reduced risk of manual errors when placing trades.
✅ Algo-trading can be backtested using available historical and real-time data to see if it is a viable trading strategy.
✅ Reduced the possibility of mistakes by human traders based on emotional and psychological factors.

Most algo-trading today is high-frequency trading (HFT), which attempts to capitalize on placing a large number of orders at rapid speeds across multiple markets and multiple decision parameters based on preprogrammed instructions.