arbitrage trading program

arbitrage trading program definition - finance
A computer program that traders rely on to indicate when stocks or investments should be bought or sold. Because many people use the same program, program trading often produces excessive volatility in the market.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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