Automated Trading

[Malerin]

In some cases, the computers are actually parsing writers’ words, sentence structure, even the odd emoticon. A wink and a smile — ;) — for instance, just might mean things are looking up for the markets. Then, often without human intervention, the programs are interpreting that news and trading on it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/business/23trading.html?_r=2&ref=business

This can only turn out bad...



















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