Trading strategy — In finance, a trading strategy (see also trading system) is a predefined set of rules for making trading decisions.Traders, investment firms and fund managers use a trading strategy to help make wiser investment decisions and help eliminate the… … Wikipedia
Quantitative behavioral finance — [cite web|url = http://www.pitt.edu/ caginalp/QuantitativeBehavioralFinanceJan2.pdf | title = Quantitative behavioral finance | month = January | year = 2007|format=PDF] is a new discipline that uses mathematical and statistical methodology to… … Wikipedia
Quantitative analyst — A quantitative analyst is a person who works in finance using numerical or quantitative techniques. Similar work is done in most other modern industries, but the work is not called quantitative analysis. In the investment industry, people who… … Wikipedia
Trading system — In electronic financial markets, trading system, also known as algorithmic trading, is the use of computer programs for entering trading orders with the computer algorithm deciding on certain aspects of the order such as the timing, price,… … Wikipedia
Algorithmic trading — In electronic financial markets, algorithmic trading or automated trading, also known as algo trading, black box trading, or robo trading, is the use of computer programs for entering trading orders with the computer algorithm deciding on certain … Wikipedia
January 2008 Société Générale trading loss incident — The January 2008 Société Générale trading loss incident was an incident in which the bank Société Générale lost approximately €4.9 billion closing out positions over three days of trading beginning January 21, 2008, a period in which the market… … Wikipedia
algorithmic trading — Trading in which buy or sell orders of a defined quantity are determined by a quantitative model that automatically generates the timing of orders and the size of orders based on goals specified by the parameters and constraints of the algorithm … Financial and business terms
Day trading — This article is about the practice. For the occupation, see Day trader. Day trading refers to the practice of buying and selling financial instruments within the same trading day such that all positions are usually closed before the market close… … Wikipedia
Master of Quantitative Finance — A masters degree in quantitative finance concerns the application of mathematical methods to the solution of problems in financial economics.[1] There are several like titled degrees which may further focus on financial engineering, financial… … Wikipedia
Swing trading — is commonly defined as a speculative activity in financial markets whereby instruments such as stocks, indexes, bonds, currencies, or commodities are repeatedly bought or sold at or near the end of up or down price swings caused by price… … Wikipedia
