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AI can execute rapid market trades and identify patterns faster than humans. AI advancements in trading widen the performance gap between average and high-speed traders. AI-powered tools provide ...

Machine-learning hedge funds surged on the recent jump in precious metals prices, before sidestepping last week's sell-off. Also known as commodity trading advisors (CTAs), the sector notched up one ...

Recent volatility reviews, new surveillance systems and a landmark court ruling show how South Korea is enforcing stricter oversight of crypto markets. Update Feb. 6, 10:34 am UTC: This article has ...

Jim Simons wasn’t a finance guy — he was a mathematician and Cold War codebreaker. Instead of hiring traders, he hired scientists who knew nothing about markets. His hedge fund, Medallion, used ...

Today, those shouts have been replaced by quiet screens and lightning-fast computers. The evolution of stock trading has turned what was once a noisy, human-driven process into a digital network ...

Several Indian broking platforms, including Zerodha, Angel One, Groww and Upstox, went offline during the trading hours today, as internet services company Cloudflare suffered yet another outage ...

Algorithmic trading is no longer the exclusive domain of niche quantitative firms—it has become the backbone of modern financial markets. I am already seeing the significant impact AI-driven ...

At SIFMA’s Market Structure Conference on November 20, industry executives gathered to discuss how 24-hour trading, new exchange infrastructure, and artificial intelligence are fundamentally changing ...