{"id":4553,"date":"2012-06-05T20:39:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T00:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=4553"},"modified":"2012-06-05T20:39:28","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T00:39:28","slug":"securities-technology-monitor-dark-trading-bad-hft-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/06\/05\/securities-technology-monitor-dark-trading-bad-hft-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Securities Technology Monitor: Dark Trading Bad, HFT Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHFTs appear to assist in decreasing excessive price volatility,\u201d [Professor Alex Frino, CEO of Capital Markets Co-operative Research Centre (CMCRC) and Professor of Finance at the University of Sydney Business School] said. \u201cThis is partly due to the way HFT algorithms identify trading opportunities \u2013 they\u2019re built to recognise when prices are abnormally high or low, and respond in a way that naturally pushes prices back towards the middle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.securitiestechnologymonitor.com\/news\/dark-trading-bad-hft-good-CMCresearch-30685-1.html?pg=1&amp;ET=securitiesindustry:e3722:190807a:&amp;st=email\">Securities Technology Monitor: Dark Trading Bad, HFT Good<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHFTs appear to assist in decreasing excessive price volatility,\u201d [Professor Alex Frino, CEO of Capital Markets Co-operative Research Centre (CMCRC) and Professor of Finance at the University of Sydney Business School] said. \u201cThis is partly due to the way HFT algorithms identify trading opportunities \u2013 they\u2019re built to recognise when prices are abnormally high or &hellip; 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