The process of using a computer program to place orders to trade securities in financial markets. Typically, these trades are made in exchange-traded instruments, such as listed equities, options, and futures. However, automated trading can occur in numerous other products such as bonds and ...

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How far back is normal to backtest an ATS ? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How much data is needed to validate a short-horizon trading strategy? How far back do people usually backtest trading systems? months? years?
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What is the difference between a trade and a cross - particularly regarding TSX crossing facilities?

There are four interesting crossing facilities in TSX: http://www.tmx.com/en/trading/products_services/cross_facilities.html These seem to be different ways to execute a trade (and in terms of market ...
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What is the current state of the algorithmic trading research? [closed]

Searching for 'algorithmic trading' through scholar.google.com reveals a large list of trading strategies, related on topics like the liquidity of markets, volatility modelling, volume modelling, the ...
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Quant Finance Education, Certification resources [closed]

I would like to pursue a career in the finance industry. Specifically looking to work in the technology side with regards to algorithmic trading and developing software based on quantitative ...

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