Trading at the Speed of Light, 9780691211381
Hardcover
Nanoseconds, algorithms, and the race for speed changed global finance.

Trading at the Speed of Light

how ultrafast algorithms are transforming financial markets

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  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    14 July 2021

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Summary

Trading at the Speed of Light: The Algorithmic Takeover of Global Finance

A remarkable look at how the growth, technology, and politics of high-frequency trading have altered global financial markets

In today’s financial markets, trading floors on which brokers buy and sell shares face-to-face have increasingly been replaced by lightning-fast electronic systems that use algorithms to execute astounding volumes of transactions. Trading at the Speed of Lig…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780691211381
ISBN-10:0691211388
Author:Donald MacKenzie
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Imprint:Princeton University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:14 July 2021
Weight:666g
Dimensions:235mm x 156mm
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Critics Review

“Winner of the Bronze Medal in Business Technology, Axiom Business Book Awards”“I loved this book… . Trading at the Speed of Light is an amazing, detailed account of why material reality matters for virtual outcomes, and conversely, in the financial markets. Everybody with the slightest interest in modern finance should read it.”—Diane Coyle, Enlightened Economist

About The Author

Donald MacKenzie

Donald MacKenzie is professor of sociology at the University of Edinburgh. His books include Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance and An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets.

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