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High Frequency Trading in Financial Markets

S. Sarah Zhang

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Financial markets have undergone tremendous changes in the last decades. Next to the automation of the trading process and the improvement in market quality, High Frequency Trading (HFT) plays a major role in financial markets. This thesis provides a background on the evolution of financial markets and the role of HFT in price discovery and the nature of its interaction with human traders.

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Key concepts: High-frequency trading, Financial market, Business, Dark liquidity, Algorithmic trading, Trading turret, Market microstructure, Price discovery