# Foreign exchange trading, computerised forex (= foreign exchange) trading

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## Definition

Transactions in foreign means of payment as a whole, or especially in the currency pair EUR/USD, which are initiated only by appropriately programmed computers. These computers simultaneously and continuously search all trading platforms - foreign exchange exchanges, interbank market in foreign exchange, over-the-counter options - of the whole world around the clock for small price differences (ticks). If necessary, they trigger corresponding buy and sell signals, every fraction of a second, in order to make a profit from the price differences. In the spring of 2011, about fifty percent of the world's foreign exchange trading occurred this way.- See Algorithmic Trading, Bid-askSpread, Day Trading, High Frequency Trading, Market Trading, Quote Stuffing Tactics, SellPlus Order. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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