Research and analysis

Computer trading: interactions between human traders and algorithmic trading systems

Report looking at the interaction between human and robot traders.

• From: Government Office for Science
• Published: 8 September 2011

Documents

Studies of interactions between human traders and algorithmic trading systems (DR13)

Ref: BIS/11/1232

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Details

The current global financial markets involve a significant degree of interaction between human traders and algorithmic trading systems. This report reviews the published literature that describes scientific studies of interactions between human and robot traders under experimental conditions.

This review was commissioned as part of the Foresight project on the future of computer trading.

Published 8 September 2011