FX gets invitation to join the dark side

Electronic block trading is poised to become an option for the foreign exchange market. But will it have the same impact as it has had in equity markets?

Anything that has had an impact on one asset class or market will rapidly cross over to others if it has perceived benefits. Perhaps the most obvious example is electronic trading itself, which has changed the way trading is done in market after market; other innovations to cross over into foreign exchange more recently include programme and algorithmic trading. The last two have had a profound impact on the US equity market in particular and are often cited as the main reason why the average ticket size declined substantially.

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