Barclays adds algo taster to Barx

Love it or loathe it, algorithmic trading looks set to stay. Barcaps’ decision to add its PowerFill functionality to its Barx platform is designed to encourage its use even further.

Barclays Capital has decided to add algorithmic trading functionality to the front end of its Barx foreign exchange trading platform. The bank made its PowerFill service available to clients on its GUI on September 18. Having crossed over from other asset classes, algo trading has been a hot topic in the FX market for about 18 months. The market seems to have an ambiguous approach to the topic, with algos being blamed for such problems as latency arbitrage and prices gapping, but also lauded for the extra liquidity they have brought.

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