In a previous issue of Traders Magazine, it was argued that despite the fact that algorithms, dark pools and electronic market makers have transformed trading, institutional investors were executing the majority of their order flow via high-touch channels. In the same article it was mentioned that the percentage of high-touch traders remaining high reflects more of a hybrid high-touch/low-touch approach on their part.
Click here to read an update from Traders Magazine about the state of low-touch and high-touch trading in the current market structure.