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I worked for 5 years as a software engineer at a forex hedge fund, contributing to the development of their algorithmic trading system. This shift started long

I worked for 5 years as a software engineer at a forex hedge fund, contributing to the development of their algorithmic trading system. This shift started long before the forex scandal broke. Many different financial markets are becoming increasingly automated, and banks are developing their own trading algorithms in order to keep up.

topbanana 11y ago
That's buy-side, a different kettle of fish.
- ryporter 11y ago
  We were indeed on the buy-side, but we traded with the banks on the sell-side, which we observed becoming increasingly automated.