Ken Monahan

Greenwich survey shows impact of transparency issues on FX algo adoption

June 2023 in Algo Tech

A paper published by Greenwich Associates before the Covid-19 volatility event indicated very low adoption rates of FX algos among the market participants surveyed. Even though the crisis may have permanently changed participant behaviours, the market structure issues which had held back many from algo execution may still persist.

In the paper, Digitization Delayed: Why Algos Aren’t More Popular in FX, Greenwich Associates found that prior to the crisis, just 37% of market participants were using FX algos and even then were only using algos to execute 22% of their trading volumes. This is despite virtually all FX market participants now trading electronically, according to the findings. FX algo execution was less than half that of the uptake in DMA, smart order routing or algorithmic execution by the equities In the paper, Digitization Delayed: Why Algos Aren’t More Popular in FX, Greenwich Associates found that prior to the crisis, just 37% of market participants were using FX algos and even then were only using algos to execute 22% of their trading volumes. This is despite virtually all FX market participants now trading electronically, according to the findings. FX algo execution was less than half that of the uptake in DMA, smart order routing or algorithmic execution by the equities

In the paper, Digitization Delayed: Why Algos Aren’t More Popular in FX, Greenwich Associates found that prior to the crisis, just 37% of market participants were using FX algos and even then were only using algos to execute 22% of their trading volumes. This is despite virtually all FX market participants now trading electronically, according to the findings. FX algo execution was less than half that of the uptake in DMA, smart order routing or algorithmic execution by the equities

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