E-Trading Desk
a.k.a. Electronic trading desk
The team at a bank that runs its electronic pricing and trading, where algorithms quote and fill most…
In plain English
The team at a bank that runs its electronic pricing and trading, where algorithms quote and fill most client orders.
Most currency trading at big banks is now handled by machines. The e-trading desk builds and supervises the algorithms that stream prices to clients, absorb their orders and manage the resulting risk.
Humans still set the limits, watch for trouble and step in during wild markets, but the bulk of small and medium trades never touch a person.
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