Decoding SEBI’s proposal for wider retail participation in algo trading

After allowing algorithm trading for institutional investors, the market regulator has proposed norms that will allow retail investors to engage in the technique safely.

Imagine a scenario where you don’t have to keep checking on your investments or trade in derivatives without fear? What if a computer programme can trade for you, taking into account all developments that have a bearing on the stock market? Sounds too good to be true, right? 

Well, it is possible through algorithmic trading, a method widely used by large financial institutions.

Algorithm trading or algo trading is a type of trading that uses a computer programme to automatically execute orders based on pre-set rules and parameters like price, time and volume. On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Board …

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Disha Acharya

Disha is a writer at The Morning Context. She has previously worked at the digital production desk of Reuters. Prior to that, she was a sub-editor at Deccan Herald.

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