Knowledge purposes only, High Frequency Algorithmic Trading has...

Knowledge purposes only, High Frequency Algorithmic Trading has been used for decades, different titles at times, but only really came into mainstream after the 2000 Tech blow-off. Even then it was limited because most didn't completely understand the IT environment/evolution taking place. Little like the EV revolution now. These HFAT platforms are individual to each other, theoretically any institution/organisation can set its own rules. If every business is on the same page, as they tweak their algo's to suit their needs/agenda then you have increased volatility, which then means greater gyrations. Evidently the system is in control and your outlier/variance is how much faster are you than I. Eventually the AI incorporated into the platform makes the best decision based on the algo, yet there is a catch to this. As the algos compete with each other, and often do each other over then guess what ... good ol' human common sense will kick in - algo is tweaked and we begin again ... like that ol' man Finnigan!

Not sure if this helps.

NL.