%0 Journal Article %A Max Palmer %T Algorithmic Trading: A Primer %D 2009 %R 10.3905/JOT.2009.4.3.030 %J The Journal of Trading %P 30-35 %V 4 %N 3 %X The recent turmoil in equity markets has called into question existing practices. In this article, FlexTrade’s Director of Algorithmic Solutions,Dr.Max Palmer, reviews the future of algorithmic trading (have we reached a peak?), and the role of such trading in meeting the needs of the buy-side trader. In that vein, Dr. Palmer will endeavor to help the buy side trader be a better consumer of trading algorithms by explaining how they are constructed, the assumptions they make, and how they operate in the trading process.TOPICS: VAR and use of alternative risk measures of trading risk, exchanges/markets/clearinghouses, statistical methods %U https://jot.pm-research.com/content/iijtrade/4/3/30.full.pdf