Proprietary trading, also known as prop trading, has gained popularity in recent years. Prop traders use their own funds or provided company funds to buy and sell financial instruments. Using this ...

Automated trading programs, or bots, are manipulating digital currency prices on cryptocurrency exchanges, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report October 2. Automated trading software is a ...

In the wake of the GameStop saga in January 2021, the practice of payment for order flow (PFOF) came under the spotlight. I argued at the time – and still think – that PFOF should be banned. By ...

All we know when something goes wrong with Wall Street's super-fast trading programs, is that millions of dollars can be gone in an instant. In the rush to recover what was lost, it's very rare that ...

In the competitive world of Forex trading, a funded evaluation program is a trader's gateway to accessing a live trading account without risking their capital. In 2025, prop firms are reimagining what ...

Success in the modern markets requires that you select the best financial trading software available today. Investors need ...

Program traders are now techies. That's regardless of whether they under stand it or not. Robert Hegarty, head of TowerGroup's securities and investment practice, says program trading is increasingly ...

Program trading on institutional desks has become popular at a time when markets are volatile and trading margins depressed. "Program trading desks are a necessity these days," said Michael Mook, ...

NEW YORK—Program trading in the week ended Sept. 6 amounted to 27.1% of New York Stock Exchange average daily volume of 1.51 billion shares, or 409.2 million program shares traded per day. Program ...