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The objective of the project was to trade on a Market Simulation “STOCK TRACK”, from 2/13 to 4/20. We were supposed to try to trade different types of instruments in order to gain more knowledge about they are trade in the real world; and how a strategy which seems good can be overturned by the market circumstances.

Within New York City, Wall Street is concentrated with most of United States’ financial industries. Through different movies, such as Leonardo DiCaprio’s Wolf of Wall Street and Charlie Sheen’s Wall Street accurately portray the heart of Wall Street: The New York Stock Exchange. The New York Stock Exchange began on May 17, 1792, the earliest record of organized securities trading. On that day, twenty-four brokers signed the Buttonwood Agreement, setting a floor commission rate of 0.25% charged to clients and give the signers the preference to other singers in the securities sales, thus eliminating the auctioneers. At the beginning, the earliest trades were mostly War Bonds used in the Revolutionary War, allowing the thirteen colonies to fund enough money to engage in war against the Britain. Thus, they began operated in 1793 at the Tontine Coffee House, built to serve as a meeting place for trading. However, issues such as corruption and manipulation of the market began to arise, causing the stockbrokers to instituted reforms and reorganized. As a result, on 1817, the stockbrokers under the Buttonwood Agreement began reforms such as restrictions on manipulative trading and prevention of leaking market information were enacted to make sure the trading market remain as a competitive market. In addition, they also renamed their broker organization as “New York Stock and Exchange Board”, in hopes to demonstrates their reform to the public. As time continues, the invention of

Even though we made profits in the last week of our trading game, we were still unable to compensate for our total losses incurred. Previously, we had the mind-set that the stock market was far simpler; people buy shares in the hopes of making money. Some people buy and sell often for speculation purposes, while others are long term investors. Sometimes people make a lot of money very quickly, and sometimes people lose a great deal just as fast.

In 1971, the situation improved when America’s first virtual stock exchange, or NASDAQ as it is commonly known, was created. Although its potential was not immediately recognized by the average American, NASDAQ’s implementation created a whole new world of investing for the small investor. Arguably the most notable of these historical financial changes occurred in 1975, when Washington deregulated commission rates on brokerage accounts. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) deemed standard commission rates to be illegal, and the result was that discount brokers could offer reduced commission rates. Prior to the SEC’s ruling, commission rates were fixed at one percent. This shift in power opened a clear pathway for personal financing to develop, as competitive rates offered investors more options. Since 1975 to the present, the evolution of the markets has quickened and day trading has taken off, particularly in the last decade. Day trading is now so popular that it has become a way of life for many Americans and often consumes almost every aspect of daily life. Although this new found independence may be viewed by many as a good thing, it is hardly recommended for the faint of heart.

The stock exchange is a global network that organizes the marketplace where every day a large amount of money moves from one investor to another with the main purpose of making a profit. There are several security markets in the United States, but one of the largest security exchanges market is the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The NYSE is an auction market that uses floor traders to make most of its trades. It has two methods of trading, the traditional floor brokers and the all-electronic order (Amadeo, 2017). The main function of the brokers is to manage each transaction, and doing his best to get the highest price and completing the transaction. Before any trading is done, brokers and dealers must get

Stock Exchange was formed trading equities auctions style. The market was in good health and around 1930 the traditional way stocks was to research them using fundamental-analysis, which analyzed a company’s health by examining their historical metrics. This changed in 1951, Harry Markowitz applied mathematical concepts to the market, which helped create algorithms that could calculate several different stocks simultaneously. By the early 1970s the markets started moving away from the traditional auctions to Electronic Communication Networks *. Algorithm trading presents series of problems, a few for each side of the playing field, so individuals are not safe playing with them or against them.

Formed in 1971 and listed in March 1997, Ameritrade has been one of the most successful players in the deep- discount brokerage sector. Ameritrade’s two major sources of revenue, Transaction income (brokerage commissions, clearing fees, and payment for order flow) and Net interest revenues that were generated from net balance of customers’ brokerage accounts and the investment of customer’s cash segregated in compliance with federal regulations in short term marketable securities contributes over 90% of its revenue.

Stock trading isn’t for the weak of stomach: it’s a fast-paced, risky, and exciting approach to making money in the markets. Before you place your first order,

Until the Flash Crash in 2010, only few people were bothered by high frequency traders (HFT). As it has caught our attention, the damage HFT firms could do to our market, people such as Michael Lewis have started questioning if HFT should be allowed to exist in the market in the first place. Prospects of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) passing new regulations limiting these firms have become increasingly appealing to a diverse group of brokers, investors and alike. In Present Shock Rushkoff criticizes that these firms (or algorithms) do not care about the businesses they invest in and are more concerned in turning time into money. But HFT isn’t a

HFT has been in use since the late 1700’s, although not in the form that we are familiar with today. Investors explored all available avenues to increase the speed of information, and gain a competitive advantage. Savvy traders crushed their competitors through purchasing faster ships, mail services, and early adoption of the telegraph. Today, HFT is algorithm-based. Supercomputers react to market changes, such as price and timing, and automatically initiate trades without the need for human interaction. This has allowed investment firms to buy and sell stock at speeds thousands of times faster than an average floor trader, and reduce costs through economies of scale.

In recent years, computerized trading has dramatically altered in financial market. High frequency trading (HFT), a type of algorithmic trading, can make significant profits within microseconds. Increasing competition between securities companies and ever-advancing technology has allowed high frequency trading to dominate global financial market. About 10 to 70 percent of the order volume in stock and derivatives trading are based on HFT. (Lattemann, 2012). There has been considerable debate about whether HFT is advantageous or disadvantageous to financial systems. This essay will evaluate the two positions and attempt to offer solutions to the problems of HFT which are focused on seven impacts: liquidity, volatility, price discovery,

The two stories talk about the meteoric price surge in the stock of a company called Cynk Technology Corporation, with no actual revenue and tangible assets, and the purported manipulation of the stock price through a “pump and dump” strategy. It can be seen how the Securities and Exchange commission together with the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment charging several people with conspiracy, tax fraud and money laundering involving up to $500 million in assets channeled through offshore shell companies that allowed clients to influence stock prices and hide their profits. Generally the scam artists, gain control of an enterprise and offer to sell a block of shares usually to the unsuspecting public with promises of very high returns. Promoters broadcast the company’s prospects by telling financiers to get in early before the rest of the market dives in — the pump. Shares are often bought and sold between nominees to give the appearance of active trading, further amplifying interest as brokers contact clients to buy stock. Once the price starts rising, the control block can be dumped on the market, leaving investors with shares in a nearly worthless business.. It also parleys the increase of penny stock fraud and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s inability to prosecute the fraudsters and protect investors.

In addition to the price improvement benefits, dark pools have also been touted to improve the level of service in the market by introducing competition to traditional exchanges (10). This can be interpreted as a good sign by the government and regulators as increased competition translates into more benefits for the consumers and a more dynamic marketplace. An implication of this is that dark pools have forced stock exchanges to introduce more technological innovations and operating their own dark pools to compete, providing more choice to the consumers (5). Contrary to common perception that dark pools harm price discovery, Haoxiang Zhu, a financial Economist at MIT Sloan School of Management mentions that dark pools actually aid the process of price discovery (9). According to (9), Zhu’s paper shows that dark pools attract less informed traders who force better informed traders whom may not be able to fill their orders back to public exchanges, resulting in a higher concentration of informed traders contributing to the price discovery process. This promotes market

The system of buying and trading shares or stocks has been done around the world for hundreds of years. From the merchants of Venice, to the coffeehouses in Britain, trading shares has been done everywhere. America has become the world center for trading. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the world leader of trading, located on historic Wall Street. Wall Street is a commonly used term referring to the stock market. Thousands of corporations have put their companies into the stock market, with the objective to make larger, more public companies. But even with all of these companies in the market trying to make money, it is still possible that such an institution could fail. However, should such an event take place, the entire world

The stock market, which comprises various stock exchanges, plays a leading role in the function of the financial market (Dziawgo, 2012, p.60). Since there are a great number of issues such as stock market crashes and the bursting of other financial bubbles, Vietnam still has a number of crucial challenges to attend to. In this research project, the researcher will outline the historical background of the American and Vietnamese Stock markets, and investigate the major differences between the HSX and NYSE, in terms of operations and trading systems. Through gathering this information, the researcher will be able to recommend what HSX can learn from NYSE to improve the Vietnamese stock exchange in the foreseeable future.