‘PREMIERE: Algorithm – Fanny Zaman’

The acceleration and abstraction of trading (from commodities to financial products to data sets) here takes a major leap as we examine algorithmic trading and the people who perform this type of work. In the end, nothing gets explained and we remain on the outside looking in. Algorithm is an essay impression of a specific area of high finance, set high in the sky in futuristic buildings populated by sharply-dressed characters speaking a mysterious language.