7Over the Horizon
7.1 Algorithmic Trading Drones
Most trades are conducted by computer programs today. Human trading will become a rarity in the future. There will always be human traders who have insight into how to beat the market, but most of the established trading strategies will be implemented in computer programs. Machine learning will invent trading strategies beyond human traders. Human trading will still take place in specialized markets and less active markets for which returns may not justify the investment of algorithmic trading.
Human traders may be smarter than computer programs at places, but they cannot take input and react as fast as computer programs. They need rest, which means they may miss ...
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