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The 20 greatest trading innovations

The TRADE

Given the proliferation of high frequency trading (HFT) several investment banks chose to launch these alternative trading systems (ATS) as a means of protecting institutional clients who are typically slower to execute. The first ETF to launch in the US was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) in 1993.

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