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Automated Trading


Automated Trading is a program, software or system that operates inside a computer and creates automatically buy or sell orders to a brokerage house, market or exchange.
Automated Trading is often call ATS - Automated Trading System

Percentage of the stock shares traded on United States exchanges originate from automated trading system orders.

 Year  Automated Trading System Volume %
of Total Traded Volume in United States
   
 2003  15 %
 2004   20 % 
 2005  25 %
 2006  30 %
 2007  45 %
 2008  60 %
 2009  75 %
 2010  80 %
 2011  83 %
 2012  85 %
 2013   87 % 
 2014  89 %
 2015   90 % 
 2016 greater than 90 % 


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