From the course: The Data Science of Economics, Banking, and Finance, with Barton Poulson
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Algorithmic and human-in-the-loop trading
From the course: The Data Science of Economics, Banking, and Finance, with Barton Poulson
Algorithmic and human-in-the-loop trading
- [Instructor] It's a common trope in science fiction movies that the machines are here to take the place of the humans, and while this often works into dystopian fantasy, there are plenty of places in a real life where machines and their algorithms do a lot of the heavy lifting previously left to humans. Securities trading is one place where this change has already happened, with over 75 percent of all trades being made by machines, and so, let's talk a little bit about why that's the case, how it works, and what it means. First off, we're talking about algorithmic trading, and so, you may want to know what is that? Well, algorithmic trading is the use of computer programs, or specifically the algorithms that process the information, to evaluate and trade securities, like stocks and bonds. Another name for this is automated trading systems, and a variation on this is informally called human-in-the-loop trading. You have the possibility of the computer doing absolutely everything…
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Data science and money10m 24s
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Algorithmic and human-in-the-loop trading8m 5s
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Automated application reviews for loans and credit7m 33s
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Real-time fraud detection6m 42s
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Social media and economics8m 21s
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Data science and cryptocurrencies6m 49s
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New methods for analyzing trends10m 45s
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Correlation and causality in economic data7m 28s
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Ethical and technical challenges and possibilities3m 48s
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Careers7m 59s
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