Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/589 Article 8

Controlled deployment of algorithms

Article 8

Before deployment of a trading algorithm, an investment firm shall set predefined limits on: (a) the number of financial instruments being traded; (b) the price, value and numbers of orders; (c) the strategy positions; and (d) the number of trading venues to which orders are sent.

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