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program trading

noun as in trading of stock by computer

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As technology advanced and more data became available, this kind of program trading became increasingly sophisticated, with algorithms able to analyze complex market data and execute trades based on a wide range of factors.

Mnuchin says the market overreacted, with computerized program trading taking over and driving stock prices down further.

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.

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.

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.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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