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Algorithmic trading in experimental markets with human traders: A literature survey

In: Handbook of Experimental Finance

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  • Te Bao
  • Elizaveta Nekrasova
  • Tibor Neugebauer
  • Yohanes E. Riyanto

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This chapter surveys the nascent experimental research on the interaction between human and algorithmic trading in experimental markets. We first discuss studies in which algorithmic traders are in the researcher's hands. Specifically, the researcher assigns computer agents as traders in the market. We then discuss studies in which the researcher leaves in human subjects' hands the decision to employ algorithms for trading. The chapter introduces the types and performances of algorithmic traders that interact with human subjects in the laboratory, including zero-intelligent traders, arbitragers, fundamentalists, adaptive algorithms, and manipulators. We find that whether algorithm traders earn more profit than human traders crucially depends on the asset's fundamental value process and the market environment. The potential impact of interactions with algorithmic traders on the investor's psychology is also discussed.

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  • Te Bao & Elizaveta Nekrasova & Tibor Neugebauer & Yohanes E. Riyanto, 2022. "Algorithmic trading in experimental markets with human traders: A literature survey," Chapters, in: Sascha Füllbrunn & Ernan Haruvy (ed.), Handbook of Experimental Finance, chapter 23, pages 302-322, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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