QYR Market Research Global Algorithmic Trading market research | Page 3

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• Algorithmic trading is a method of executing a large order (too large to
fill all at once) using automated pre-programmed trading instructions
accounting for variables such as time, price, and volume to send small
slices of the order (child orders) out to the market over time.
• Algorithmic Trading are mainly used in investment banks, pension funds,
mutual funds, hedge funds, etc. And investment banks were the most
widely used area which took up about 48% of the global total in 2016.
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