program trading
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In response, regulatory authorities implemented a number of measures to restrict the use of program trading, including circuit breakers that halt trading when there are significant market swings and other limits.
From Scientific American
Mnuchin says the market overreacted, with computerized program trading taking over and driving stock prices down further.
From Seattle Times
This is about computer-based program trading, the algorithmic high frequency trading designed to make billions for Wall Street masters of the universe, using methods that border on sophisticated market manipulation.
From New York Times
Portfolio insurance was often described as a form of program trading: It would cause the automatic selling of stock futures when prices fell and, indirectly, set off the selling of stocks themselves.
From New York Times
Portfolio insurance, the short selling of stock index futures to protect against a decline in value, caused computerized program trading to issue sell orders as a safeguard against more losses.
From Reuters
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