Annnnnnd, in the blue corner; a person. In the rrrred corner; an algorithm!

BT Global Financial Services, chief technology officer, Mark Akass argues the human vs machine trading debate will not be a simple face-off, but rather a symbiosis between the two could see them form a lasting friendship...

The difference between the success and failure of a trading strategy can be a matter of milliseconds. While the use of algorithms in trading was once the domain of boutique hedge funds and of proprietary trading desks, from being a niche tool their use is moving swiftly into an environment which suggests that algorithms are now mainstream.

It seems inevitable that the habits of traders will have to change - intervention in the trade process, identifying and reacting to changes in the process and

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