Markets, Algorithmic Trading, and Fintech Innovations

Catalog description

This is a course on Financial Markets, with a focus on current trading technology and fintech innovations. Students will learn how to design optimal trading strategies (for example, high frequency and algorithmic trading) given the latency and the platform design of stock exchanges and alternative trading venues. Students interested in trading securities and understanding the trading protocols, regulations and design of markets should find this course of practical relevance. Integrated into every topic will be the relevant fintech innovations that are ongoing in modern equity markets.