All About High-Frequency Trading

A DETAILED PRIMER ON TODAY'S MOST SOPHISTICATED
AND CONTROVERSIAL TRADING TECHNIQUE

Unfair . . . brilliant . . . illegal . . . inevitable. High-frequency trading has been described in many different ways, but one thing is for sure--it has transformed investing as we know it.

All About High-Frequency Trading examines the practice of deploying advanced computer algorithms to read and interpret market activity, make trades, and pull in huge profi tsall within milliseconds. Whatever your level of investing expertise, you'll gain valuable insight
from all about high-frequency trading's sober, objective explanations of:

• The markets in which high-frequency traders operate
  
• How high-frequency traders profi t from mispriced securities
  
• Statistical and algorithmic strategies used by high-frequency traders
  
• Technology and techniques for building a high-frequency trading system
  
• The ongoing debate over the benefi ts, risks, and ever-evolving future of high-frequency trading

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Author Profile Michael Durbin is a writer, educator, and software engineer specializing in high frequency trading of financial derivatives. He also serves as an adjunct professor at both Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he designs and delivers graduate courses in financial derivatives. In previous positions, he played key roles in the development of highly profitable option pricing and trading systems for the Citadel Investment Group and for Blue Capital Group. Durbin also helped build derivative pricing and trading systems for Bank of America and Bank One. He holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, an MS in Information Systems from DePaul University, and a BS in Communication from Northwestern University.

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chapter 1. Trading at the Speed of a Hummingbird's Wing;
chapter 2. The High-Frequency Trading Operation;
chapter 3. Benefits and Risks of High-Frequency Trading;
chapter 4. The Evolution of High-Frequency Trading;
chapter 5. The Total High-Frequency Trading Market;
chapter 6. Inside the High-Frequency Trading System;
chapter 7. High-Frequency Trading Regulation and Oversight;
chapter 8. The Future of High-Frequency Trading

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