TY - JOUR T1 - Algorithmic Trading: <em>A Primer</em> JF - The Journal of Trading SP - 30 LP - 35 DO - 10.3905/JOT.2009.4.3.030 VL - 4 IS - 3 AU - Max Palmer Y1 - 2009/06/30 UR - https://pm-research.com/content/4/3/30.abstract N2 - The recent turmoil in equity markets has called into question existing practices. In this article, FlexTrade’s Director of Algorithmic Solutions,Dr.Max Palmer, reviews the future of algorithmic trading (have we reached a peak?), and the role of such trading in meeting the needs of the buy-side trader. In that vein, Dr. Palmer will endeavor to help the buy side trader be a better consumer of trading algorithms by explaining how they are constructed, the assumptions they make, and how they operate in the trading process.TOPICS: VAR and use of alternative risk measures of trading risk, exchanges/markets/clearinghouses, statistical methods ER -