However, I still have some books I picked to read still on my Goodreads "want to read" list. Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2014. The author's attempt at piecing together a Lewis-esque narrative fell incredibly short, mostly in the way of character development. Thus, this Dark Pools book. This had happened before. 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It was how he viewed trading: It was war. Since then, Trading Machines had been getting hammered, day after day, bleeding away its gains. There was so much information in this book I had to back and reread parts of it...and even so I still don't think I understood all of it. We’d love your help. 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For a brief moment, he’d had time to relax and reflect on all he’d accomplished in the past decade, since joining Hull. Stay with me!” That is exactly what Dark Pools delivers. However, besides all that, the book was interesting overall and introduced me to some market structures I was unaware of and whet my appetite for more technical writings. A person looking at a screen would see a blur, a wiggle at the edge of motion, but it would seem as if nothing had happened. The market was the field of battle. I much preferred Flashboys by Michael Lewis. He set up shop in Stamford and launched Trading Machines just as signs emerged of an impending global financial crisis. And, it appears, no one can or will stop them. The writing doesn't use a lot of terminology that is unknown to the average reader who may not know stock investment words. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}View high quality images that let you zoom in to take a closer look. Download Ebook Dark Pools: The Rise Of The Machine Traders And The Rigging Of The U.S. Stock Market By Scott Patterson.PDF Dark Pools: The Rise Of The Machine Traders And The. Bodek had personally designed the algos using a branch of artificial intelligence called expert systems. The first ETF, the Spyder, was created in 1993. 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