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nounhigh-frequency trading (uncountable, abbreviation HFT)
abbreviation HFT
- uncountableSynonym of program trading.
The two biggest high-frequency trading firms, Citadel and Getco, were easily the smartest. Some of the prop shops were smart, too. The big banks, at least for now, were all slow.
2014, Michael Lewis, Flash Boys, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 65Synonyms: program trading
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nounSynonym of program trading.
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