{"id":9663,"date":"2022-09-26T17:38:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/?p=9663"},"modified":"2022-09-26T17:38:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T14:38:22","slug":"high-frequency-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/high-frequency-trading\/","title":{"rendered":"High-frequency Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>High-frequency trading or high-frequency forex is a trading technique that uses algorithms to execute many trades in a short period. The algorithms, commonly called bots, follow specific rules stipulated in the code and execute a trade once all the rules are met. The algorithm can be set to trade several different currencies simultaneously, which a human being cannot do. This trading technique is done with small timeframes and would be suitable for scalping. There are advantages and risks to using algorithms in trading forex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advantages of High-frequency Trading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>\u00ad\u00adIt removes human emotion. The algorithm follows a specific set of rules to execute trades. Therefore, there is no emotion-based trading. You can eliminate motions such as fear and euphoria<\/li><li>Wide scope. It&#8217;s possible to program the algorithm to analyze several currencies concurrently for trade opportunities. It can lead to a trader finding profitable trades they would not have been able to find on their own.<\/li><li>One spends less time analyzing charts. Algorithms can analyze charts on their own, which means you, as a trader, would spend less time analyzing charts and executing trades as the algorithm will handle that.<\/li><li>High-frequency trading also allows traders to benefit from small price fluctuations due to the large number of trades that the algorithm can execute in a short period.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Risks of High-frequency Trading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Wide scope. We previously mentioned this as an advantage, but it can also be a risk of high-frequency trading. Spreading the algorithm over several currencies can also increase your losses during high volatility markets.<\/li><li>Market sentiment. An algorithm cannot study the market sentiment and thus can continue executing trades that would eventually become losses.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High-frequency trading or high-frequency forex is a trading technique that uses algorithms to execute many trades in a short period. &#8230; <a title=\"High-frequency Trading\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/high-frequency-trading\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about High-frequency Trading\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"fx-broker":[],"trading-prop-firm":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"nelio_content":{"isAutoShareEnabled":true,"autoShareEndMode":"never","automationSources":{"useCustomSentences":false,"customSentences":[]},"followers":[7],"suggestedReferences":[],"efiUrl":"","efiAlt":"","highlights":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9663"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9666,"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9663\/revisions\/9666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9663"},{"taxonomy":"fx-broker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fx-broker?post=9663"},{"taxonomy":"trading-prop-firm","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trading-prop-firm?post=9663"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetraderinyou.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=9663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}