Why Not Use Robots to Stabilize Stock Markets?

Da Silva, Sergio (2014): Why Not Use Robots to Stabilize Stock Markets? Published in: Journal of Stock & Forex Trading , Vol. 3, No. 2 (30 January 2014): p. 1000120.

Abstract

Why not set up some public-service robot traders to counteract the behavior of traders when it snowballs into extreme moves? I show a blueprint of how this can be accomplished taking advantage of the theory of complex systems.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Robots; Stock Markets; Algorithmic trading; Financial crashes; Flash crash; Mini-flash crashes
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G28 - Government Policy and Regulation

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