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Algo trading

Trading & orders
Also called: Algorithmic trading

Executing a rule-based strategy through software that places orders automatically.

In plain terms

Usually described as retail being front-run by machines. The accurate version is narrower: algorithms compete for very short-term moves, which makes intraday harder and barely touches someone holding for months.

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