[Financial Trading Platforms]

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ABSTRACT

The financial system performs an intermediation function, through either institutions (banks or institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies and mutual funds), or securities markets (such as stock or debt markets). These aspects of a financial system can be more or less developed from a country to another. Usually, bank intermediation dominates in emerging countries. The need of an intermediation arises from the existence of transaction costs and asymmetries of information. Financial system development refers to the ability of financial intermediaries to reduce transaction costs and ameliorate information. Although most of the above indicators are not directly measuring the effect of financial systems on transaction and information issues, higher values of those indicators are usually interpreted as indicating higher levels of financial system development. This is the view we accept in the present work.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT2

DECLARATION3

ABSTRACT4

INTRODUCTION2

Trading Systems2

Trend follower2

Pullback3

Channel Breakout3

Cycles3

Patterns4

Database4

Development, back testing and real simulation4

Features8

Financial Market9

Categories9

Financial market position in the market economy16

Financial market operation mechanism18

The key ingredients20

Electronic Trading Mechanisms23

Problem Statement24

Rationale24

Aims and Objectives24

Significance25

Research Question25

Limitation of the Study25

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW27

Brief History of Trading Systems27

Day Trading27

Swing Trading27

The problem faced by a manager of financial assets and how much and when to buy or sell.35

The technology acceptance model39

Case study: A global investment bank40

Global expansion42

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY44

Research Design44

Literature Search44

Data Analysis45

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION46

Characteristics of Trading Systems46

Difference with CTAs48

Basic elements51

Platform Value52

Lower operating costs53

Reduce cost of sales53

Reduce the cost of capital53

Reduce labor costs54

Reduce time cost54

Online foreign currency trading54

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION56

Top Trading System59

REFERENCES62

OUTLINE OF THE STUDY

This research focuses on the various aspects of “Financial trading systems” and comprises of the following chapters:

(1)Introduction

(2)Literature Review

(3)Methodology

(4)Results and Discussion

(5)Conclusion

INTRODUCTION

Trading Systems A trading system consists of a series of conditions and instructions for trading in securities and futures. A distinction is manual and mechanical trading systems. Manual trading systems consist of a few simple conditions and instructions to "manually" to run. Mechanical trading systems can be very complex algorithms included and will be executed by a computer. Possible Problems That May Occur When Using a Trading Program.

Although there are claims on how functions al and reliable they may be, remember that these programs that also have their own limitations. Some traders, new and experienced one, have the misconception that only professionals can repair any technical glitch that may happen in the platform.

Most trading systems are either based on fundamental analysis or technical analysis and their indicators in order to generate entry and exit signals. The most popular trading systems can be divided into ...