Market microstructure and algorithmic trading in the foreign exchange market
Speaker:
Hany Farag, CIBC Toronto
Date and Time:
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
The Foreign Exchange Market is the most liquid in the world, and is quite global. We introduce the audience to the somewhat opaque area of high frequency finance in this market: market mechanics, academic techniques, empirical techniques by practitioners, and (usually unpublished) nuances that create quantitative challenges.