Trading at the Speed of Light
How Ultrafast Algorithms Are Transforming Financial Markets
$76.55
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2023
Summary
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In today’s financial markets, trading floors on which brokers buy and sell shares face-to-face have increasingly been replaced by lightning-fast electronic systems that use algorithms to execute astounding volumes of transactions.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 Light tells the story of this epic transformation. Donald MacKenzie shows how in t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780691217789 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0691217785 |
| Author: | Donald MacKenzie |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press |
| Imprint: | Princeton University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 422g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
“Winner of the Bronze Medal in Business Technology, Axiom Business Book Awards”
“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
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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