What is Algorithmic Trading? Algorithmic trading. It sounds so complicated, so sophisticated, yet comes in so many flavours. Contrary to what your intuition might tell you, it doesn't have to be rocket science. It can be, but it doesn't have to be. The simplest form of algorithmic trading is taking something you can already do manually and automating it. That might seem obvious to you, the experienced software developer, but it's such a common assumption for those starting in this space. ...