Julie Young is an experienced financial writer and editor. She specializes in financial analysis in capital planning and investment management. Sydney Saporito / Investopedia A frequency distribution ...

High-frequency trading can also go wrong, leading to volatility in a market and causing investors to lose millions of dollars. On May 6, 2010, an erroneous sell order by a mutual fund sparked selling ...

Buying and selling large quantities of stocks in split seconds, and making pennies per share. High-frequency trading (HFT) is performed entirely by computer algorithms that look for and take advantage ...

(1) A group of frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum that are assigned by regulatory agencies for a particular purpose. Also called a "frequency band." See frequency bands, spectrum, satellite ...

The CFTC has announced plans to examine high-frequency trading as a way to more clearly understand the relationship between electronic trading, commodity markets, and trade participants. Last week, ...

DEFINITION: A fast-acting demand response service, required in order to cope with large deviations in frequency caused by the loss of power generation on the grid. The service can respond in under a ...

High frequency trading (or HFT) is a form of advanced trading platform that processes a high numbers of trades very quickly using powerful computing technology. It can be used to either find the best ...